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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 01, 2008

I found this beauty yesterday on a bicycle trip to the country side. It was feeding on a Chicorium flower along the roadside..


http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Flies/SpFlies/Sphaerophoria.scripta2.jpg

http://aramel.free.fr/Sphaerophoria-scripta-f-4.jpg

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgmay07/sphaerophoria_scripta.jpg

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/hoverflies/sphaerophoria%20scripta.jpg






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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 02, 2008

That is correct, I haven't seen any yet this year.

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=222

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jul 02, 2008

Thanks!

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