Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia ? pagana

Posted by Vlad Bombus on 06-05-2018 19:31
#1
This fly was feeding on a lesser celandine (Fecaria verna) flower. The photo was taken today (May 6), in central part of European Russia (Moscow Oblast).
Based on images I've found in Internet, it looks very similar to flies of Myolepta genus, although all pics I've looked through had flies with some sort of orange marks on the abdomen, while my fly is completely black.
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Edited by Vlad Bombus on 06-05-2018 21:09

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-05-2018 20:37
#2
Cheilosia, ? pagana

Posted by Vlad Bombus on 06-05-2018 21:11
#3
Thank you.
Sorry for posting this thread in general Diptera section originally, haven't noticed there is a separate forum specifically for Syrphidae.