Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A syrphid Volucella sp.

Posted by lweit on 11-07-2006 18:53
#1
Hello

A syrphid on a flower in a wood, i know it's Volucella pellucens
The photo is taken in NE of France near Metz

Bye
Louis

Posted by lweit on 11-07-2006 18:54
#2
Another photo of this fly
A+
Louis
Edited by lweit on 11-07-2006 18:55

Posted by conopid on 11-07-2006 21:34
#3
Volucella pellucens - unmistakeable very large fly with white belted abdomen and orangey-brown face.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 12-07-2006 12:44
#4
I think it would be possible to mix up V pellucens and Leucozona lucorum if you were a beginner.

'Pellucens' means translucent, so this is the 'see-through hoverfly'Wink

I've had them in unusually high numbers this year, males patrolling at about 2m in groups in the sunny glades of the abandoned garden next door.