Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomyzidae pupae?

Posted by Nele on 19-08-2007 20:52
#1
Hello,

I found these pupae on the same Phragmites reed as I found the Sciomyzids posted in this thread. Besides Elgiva solicita I saw lots of Sepedon sphegea flies.

Could these pupae stem from one of these species?

Greetings
Nele

Posted by Nele on 19-08-2007 20:53
#2
Second image:

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-08-2007 22:04
#3
I don't know preimaginal Sciomyzidae, but according literature I have it looks like Sepedon sphegea.
Nikita

Posted by Kahis on 19-08-2007 22:29
#4
I'd say Episyrphus balteatus (Syrphidae)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-08-2007 23:02
#5
I told myself:
"Nikita, if you
don't know preimaginal Sciomyzidae
, you had better keep silenceAngry"

Posted by crex on 20-08-2007 06:25
#6
Kahis wrote:
I'd say Episyrphus balteatus (Syrphidae)


Are pupaes illustrated in the new finnish Syrphidae book?

Posted by Kahis on 20-08-2007 07:27
#7
Nikita: Grin
crex: Smith, K. G. V. 1989. An introduction to the immature stages of British flies. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol. 10, part 14. Royal Entomological Society of London. 280 p.

Posted by Nele on 20-08-2007 23:44
#8
Thanks a lot Nikita and Kahis.

Greetings
Nele