Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Eupeodes
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The Hoverfly Thread (1 Viewer)
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Eupeodes
Andrew
wibble wibble
Hello,
I presume 'British Hoverflies' by Stubbs is still the book to have so I wanted to ask what the latest edition is and if there is a new one in the offing. I ask as I would rather wait if there is a new one due. Amazon do not have any copies which arouses my suspicions.
Regards,
Andrew.
I presume 'British Hoverflies' by Stubbs is still the book to have so I wanted to ask what the latest edition is and if there is a new one in the offing. I ask as I would rather wait if there is a new one due. Amazon do not have any copies which arouses my suspicions.
Regards,
Andrew.
Gavia_immer
Loony the Loon
Thanks for your latest replies, Ficedula!! :t:
Being able to place those two in a genus is what I did need to start to locate the rest of the similar ones I found. I am pretty sure now that what I took initially for 1 species is going to turn out to be at least 3!! :eek!:
While I work on the hundreds of pictures of tiny hoverflies I have to sort out, here comes another Eristalis. I would bet it isn't tenax, pertinax or horticola, which would make it the 4th Eristalis species of my holidays in England o
Not sure it can be IDed but, can it be Eristalis arbustorum? If it cannot be said for sure, which other species is it most likely to be?
Again taken in a meadow in the Midlands on August the 19th. Unfortunately I didn't managed to get a lateral view before it flew away :-C
Being able to place those two in a genus is what I did need to start to locate the rest of the similar ones I found. I am pretty sure now that what I took initially for 1 species is going to turn out to be at least 3!! :eek!:
While I work on the hundreds of pictures of tiny hoverflies I have to sort out, here comes another Eristalis. I would bet it isn't tenax, pertinax or horticola, which would make it the 4th Eristalis species of my holidays in England o
Not sure it can be IDed but, can it be Eristalis arbustorum? If it cannot be said for sure, which other species is it most likely to be?Again taken in a meadow in the Midlands on August the 19th. Unfortunately I didn't managed to get a lateral view before it flew away :-C
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Gavia_immer
Loony the Loon
Unfortunately it was very uncooperative and flew away too quick before I managed any lateral or frontal shots. I have a bit blurred shot of it when I started to try to get its face but doesn't show much. It is the first attachment, just in case it is of any help.
Pics 2 and 3 are just confirmations. I think pic 2 is Melangyna umbellatarum and pic 3 Siritta pipiens. Both taken in Brandon Marsh.
Pics 4 and 5 are a totally unknown one for me. It was found in that meadow in the Midlands too.
Thanks a lot for your help and your patience, Ficedula!! :t: I don´t know if it is good or bad news for you but there aren´t many species left for ID as I am only posting the ones that I got decent pics of and there is a chance for ID.
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Andrew
wibble wibble
Thanks for confirmation of the issue of the edition.
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Eristalis sp
Melangyna sp (cant go to species without specimen)
Syritta pipiens
Cheilosia sp (specimen needed)
Cheilosia sp
Gavia_immer
Loony the Loon
Thanks again, Ficedula!! :t:
This post is mainly for confirmations:
1- Sericomyia silentis
2- Eupeodes luniger
3&4- Not very convinced about this one. An Eristalis I believe. Can it be Eristalis interruptus=nemorum? That black spot in the wing near the edge seems too noticeable comparing with pictures I have seen. But it is supposed to be an ID tip for that hoverfly.
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Andrew
wibble wibble
Wow, you are good! Many thanks, I appreciate it. :t:
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
i see no reason to think this is anything other than Helophilus pendulus
Gavia_immer
Loony the Loon
Thanks Aeshna and Ficedula for your last replay! :t:
Another little hover from that famous meadow in the Midlands. I think it is a Platycheirus of some kind, no idea if it can be IDed to species level.
Another little hover from that famous meadow in the Midlands. I think it is a Platycheirus of some kind, no idea if it can be IDed to species level.
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Leif G
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Norwegian Hoverfly
Hi
This one is photographed in far southern Norway, August 19th.
I have been checking the Swedish "Nationalnyckeln" vols 1 and 2 in search for this hoverfly which I thought would be quite easy. But no. I'm completely stuck.
I would be very grateful for some ID-help. Thanks.
Leif
Hi
This one is photographed in far southern Norway, August 19th.
I have been checking the Swedish "Nationalnyckeln" vols 1 and 2 in search for this hoverfly which I thought would be quite easy. But no. I'm completely stuck.
I would be very grateful for some ID-help. Thanks.
Leif
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Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
I think this is a conopid fly (conopidae) rather than a hoverfly. Probably in the genus Conops.
