Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unidentified Syrphidae

Posted by DJHiker on 27-07-2014 23:45
#1

Location: Oix, Spanish Pyrenees
Altitude: approx. 600m
Date: 30-06-2014

Posted by ValerioW on 28-07-2014 06:22
#2

Volucella zonaria female. May I ask you if there were many Vespa crabro nests nearby? I usually find these females near hornets. Yesterday, for example, I captured one just beneath a small nest.

Posted by DJHiker on 30-07-2014 23:14
#3

Hi Valerio,
thanks a lot for your id.
I didn't see any hornest nests around, but next time I see a female Volucella zonaria, I'll keep an eye out for Vespa's.
Regards,
David