Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown Syrphidae

Posted by Xaver Frank on 15-07-2006 18:27
#1
Hello!

Today there sat a Syrphidae in a garden in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on a Fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, with Mildew.

foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/17/2259617/3537356430626433.jpg

Can you identify this fly and its sex, if possible?

Thank you, Xaver

Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-07-2006 18:36
#2
Male Myathropa florea.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-07-2006 18:36
#3
Thoracic and abdominal pattern are characteristic of Myathropa florea. Judging from the tip of the abdomen (rather rounded terminal segment) I would say a male.

Posted by Xaver Frank on 15-07-2006 19:07
#4
Thanx a lot!