Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small hoverfly with elongated body

Posted by eguzki on 13-10-2006 15:55
#1
This is a Sphaerophoria sp or not? Can anybody confirm my opinion?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-10-2006 17:11
#2
I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta

Posted by eguzki on 13-10-2006 18:21
#3
Tony Irwin wrote:
I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta


Thank you Tony!

I have got another picture shows either the same or very similar sp. According to me it is also an Sphaerophoria scripta. What do you think about it?

Posted by Xespok on 13-10-2006 19:46
#4
The first image shows a male, the second image shows a female. The male is rather typical for Hungary.

Posted by Gordon Jar on 14-10-2006 17:41
#5
Tony Irwin wrote:
I'm fairly sure this is just a strange colour variety of Sphaerophoria scripta

This colour variety does seem quite common in my small area of South East England. Would that be unusual for Britain.

Regards
Gordon

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-10-2006 18:06
#6
I'm not sure. Certainly all the ones I see here in Norfolk are fairly typical - the orange of the abdomen in the picture above is normally dark brown (black)