Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphecomyia vespiformis
Posted by
NakaRB on 07-03-2010 14:59
#1
Moscow region, 21.06.2009
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Edited by
NakaRB on 07-03-2010 19:57
#2
Yes.
Sphecomyia vespiformis!!!!
Very nice. I'm envious
Posted by
NakaRB on 07-03-2010 19:57
#3
Thank you! Is it a rare species?
#4
In Poland we have 3 or 4 specimens from north eastern part of country. I don't know in Russia.
http://www.iop.kr...&je=en
Lukasz
Posted by
NakaRB on 07-03-2010 21:15
#5
I have met this specimen for the first time last year. The Internet says that in the northwest of Russia this species is in Red book too. What situation in central regions - it is not clear.
#6
I planning the expedition on Siberia in may-june and I have big hope to meet this great species
#7
Hope you do.
If you don't, mak certain you colelct all those nice empids they have there.
#8
Hello everyone,
It is indeed a beautiful syrphid fly by my house I have ever seen ! How lucky you !
Posted by
Andre on 08-03-2010 15:15
#9
Paul Beuk wrote:
Hope you do.
If you don't, mak certain you colelct all those nice empids they have there.
Which reminds me... Have you finished identifying the Empids from Portugal that I gave you?
#10
Good idea to have a look at those again.
Posted by
Andre on 08-03-2010 16:08
#11
Thanks!
#12
The box is next to the microscope now and I again wonder why people cannot collect all in alcohol. It makes nearly all the features of empids so much better visible. It does not let all males look like Methuselah: shrivelled genitalia.
So a kind request: everyone who collects empids: store them in alcohol. It is easier to extract them from alcohol that to restore shrivelled specimens to full bloom.
By the way: There is at least
E. tessellata,
E. femorata,
E. punctata and
R. crassirostris. And there are some interesting looking Morroccan
Empis.
Posted by
Andre on 08-03-2010 19:07
#13
Maybe worth some publication somewhere
Keep me posted by email when you are ready.