Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae larva

Posted by Arthropa on 29-03-2007 22:39
#1
Hello,

This Syrphidae larva looks like some Episyrphus larva one can find on internet.

arthropa.free.fr/photos/ATH06-05-17-053.jpg arthropa.free.fr/photos/ATH06-05-17-052.jpg
(Boulogne (France) - 17th May 2006 - 12 mm long)

What do you think about it ? Smile
Edited by Arthropa on 29-03-2007 22:42

Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 18:03
#2
Up... Wink

No opinion, anyone ?...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2007 18:44
#3
Might be Melangyna cincta.

Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 20:35
#4
Wooww... Never met this one before, or at least never identified any of my syrphids as Melangyna... Shall I begin with a larva ? Grin

Well, I easily imagine identifying larva is really difficult without rearing to imago, so I probably won't ever be certain of anything ?

Thanks Paul Smile

Posted by pierred on 06-04-2007 20:46
#5
Beno?t,

Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae.

[Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.]

Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 23:25
#6
pierred wrote:
Beno?t,

Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae.

[Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.]

I don't. arthropa.free.fr/images/css-noir/sm-oops.gif

In fact, I don't have any valuable book dealing with diptera : I as yet only try to learn some tricks from people who know more, and from trust-worth websites, but most of the time, I only have some "visual comparisons" to hypothethize IDs for my flies !
That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !... arthropa.free.fr/images/css-noir/sm-lol.gif

...sur tous les fronts, Pierre ! Wink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2007 23:32
#7
Arthropa wrote:
That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !...

Hence the fantastic images. Grin