Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Volucella bombylans?

Posted by Josef Buecker on 02-04-2010 14:53
#1
Hello Forum,
who can help with this very bumble bee like syrphid? Hagen, NRW, Germany, alder marshland, 175msm, on the bark of a Fraxinus excelsior tree, March 30th 2010,
Another guess: Criorhina ranunculi?
Best regards,
Josef
Edited by Josef Buecker on 02-04-2010 15:18

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 02-04-2010 15:21
#2
Criorhina ranunculi!

Lukasz

Posted by PIERRE MILLE on 03-04-2010 10:48
#3
Hello evrey one,

I also think Criorhina ranunculi female, the tip of the abdomen may be white or orange and larvae are macrophages, microorganisms filter feeders, like other genres Myolepta-Ferdinandea-Callicera-Ceriana-Xylota-Sphiximorpha.

beautiful photo !

Best wishes