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Gordon Hudson

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Aug 22, 2008, 12:29:24 PM8/22/08
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I was out photographing bees today and this flew into shot.
I don't recognise it and I have looked it up but no luck.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/gordonhudsonnu/Temp/photo#5237376331846483090

Any ideas what it is?

Photograph was taken in Scotland, UK .

Thanks

Gordon

kauhl-meersburg

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Aug 22, 2008, 1:53:47 PM8/22/08
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> http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/gordonhudsonnu/Temp/photo#5237376331846483090

hoverfly on knapweed

cheers

Gordon Hudson

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Aug 22, 2008, 2:56:57 PM8/22/08
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On 22 Aug, 18:53, kauhl-meersburg <OFFkauhl...@t-online.de> wrote:
> >http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/gordonhudsonnu/Temp/photo#5237376331846...
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> hoverfly on knapweed
>
> cheers

Thanks for that, looks like you are right but I don't see this type on
this poster:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Syrphidae_poster.jpg

Mayabe its specific to this area.

Juergen Peters

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Aug 22, 2008, 9:33:54 PM8/22/08
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In Message <e7d6fbdd-0e08-485c-9013-f113165265b1
@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> gordonh...@googlemail.com says...

> Thanks for that, looks like you are right but I don't see this type on
> this poster:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Syrphidae_poster.jpg
>
> Mayabe its specific to this area.

No, it's one of the most frequent syrphids in the whole of Europe: Eupeodes
corollae (female).

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Best regards, Juergen Peters

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