Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Hover fly for ID
Posted by
PeterD
on 06-04-2011 17:03
#1
Can anyone help with this ID please.
http://www.imagei...8kYw-L.jpg
Seen 6 April 2011 at Widley, Hants, UK
Thank you
Posted by
Andre
on 06-04-2011 17:33
#2
An over-flashed
Meliscaeva auricollis
male
Posted by
PeterD
on 06-04-2011 18:32
#3
Andre wrote:
An over-flashed
Meliscaeva auricollis
male
Thanks Andre for the ID also for the comment on the flash setting I have used. Its just the start of the season so I had better get used to using the Macro kit again!
Posted by
Menno Reemer
on 06-04-2011 20:06
#4
Despite suboptimal lighting conditions I favour
Melanostoma scalare
...
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 07-04-2011 06:53
#5
With the scutellum having the same colour as the mesonotum I dare say that sounds plausible.
Posted by
PeterD
on 07-04-2011 08:43
#6
Thank you all. I shall settle for Melanostoma scalare. A much more common hoverfly here.
