Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Platycheirus sp.?
Posted by
Sandy
on 18-01-2011 18:37
#1
I'm puzzled by this little hoverfly. Is it a male Meliscaeva auricollis? Or perhaps a member of a completely different genus.
Edited by
Sandy
on 19-01-2011 12:22
Posted by
Sandy
on 18-01-2011 18:39
#2
Here's another view.
Posted by
Sandy
on 19-01-2011 12:11
#3
Ok, I now believe with the help of some advice from a friend that it may be a Platycheirus sp. possibly peltatus or maybe manicatus.
Sandy
Edited by
Sandy
on 19-01-2011 12:22
Posted by
Jean Leveque
on 04-02-2011 11:57
#4
Difficult to say without seeing the front legs. Sorry...
Posted by
Sandy
on 10-02-2011 09:32
#5
Thanks anyway Jean
