Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small ovipositing Syrphid, Germany

Posted by Pristurus on 23-05-2014 13:13
#1
on 2014-05-16 I found this small fly ovipositing in a forest clearing. Unfortunately it was not possible to take pictures from another perspective. Regards, Ingo

Video of this ovipositing fly: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileawkwardyrOV-2014-05-16.webm

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Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-05-2014 15:49
#2
Hello Ingo,

Pristurus wrote:
Unfortunately it was not possible to take pictures from another perspective.

That's often the case with this genus Frown. I think it's Melanostoma sp. (M. scalare due to the green halteres?). But wait for the experts.

Posted by Pristurus on 27-05-2014 11:38
#3
Thank you Jürgen. Regards, Ingo