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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Wasp-mimicing Syrphidae, NE Hungary, 06.2011

Posted by pwalter on 09-07-2011 07:39

Hi, can someone give a nem to this male? it was on a rotting tree trunk in the mountains. About 15 mm long. Thanks in advance!

Posted by pierred on 09-07-2011 08:35

Temnostoma vespiforme, I guess.

Posted by Grigory Popov on 09-07-2011 10:22

I think T. meridionale yet

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2011 10:46

Your photos are much better. Congrats, Walter. New gear?
Nice fly. Never saw this genus.

Posted by pwalter on 11-07-2011 06:26

Thanks for the answers! @ Jorge: I changed the way the flash lightens the insect. My biggest problem was the shadow under the insect. Now it is a bit better. I also started to use Raynox lenses instead of reversed lens. Have a look at my nature photo blog, I have a post about the gear I use nowadays!

Posted by Andre on 11-07-2011 08:14

This may well be meridionale indeed, with a little cf.