Hover Fly

[Norkie]

Taken this morning whilst walking my dog.
Hover Fly Jun20 05 by
Jak Gunn, on Flickr
Hover Fly Jun20 03 by

Jak Gunn, on Flickr

 

[Tintin124]

Very nice find and shot. Interesting colour poppy too.

 

[Norkie]

In amongst a large number of red ones so I presumed poppy?

 

[Paul Iddon]

Eupeodes latifasciatus or Epistrophe grossulariae?

Very nice find....

Paul.

 

[Cobra]

In amongst a large number of red ones so I presumed poppy?

I'd say so, one place I work at has a scrub area out the back, with poppies, growing wild. The purple ones out number the reds by at least 10/1

 

[Graham]

Very nice find Bryn.

Have you been on the pop m8, It`s Norkies find not Bryns lol
Lovely shot Jak.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Sorry Norkie - TinTin was at top of my screen!

Safe to say, still a very nice find!

 

[GardenersHelper]

Lovely clarity of the hoverfly. It stands out really well.

 

[StuartUK]

Eupeodes latifasciatus or Epistrophe grossulariae?

No, I think it is a female Syrphus ribesii. If it was Eupeodes, tergites 3-5 would only have black hairs at the margin, and pale hairs are clearly visible if you zoom in. In Epistrophe, the yellow bars widen where they meat the edges of the abdomen, so the corners 'turn down'. In this one they clearly 'turn up' - so Syrphus. In the 2nd photo, you can see that the 3rf femur is mostly yellow, so S. ribesii.