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bonitin
Gent
(Belgium)
(Zone 8a)
April 30, 2008
11:34 AM Post #4886956
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Found it on 25 April taking a rest on a Fatsia Japonica leaf.
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bonitin
Gent
(Belgium)
(Zone 8a)
April 30, 2008
11:34 AM Post #4886957
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another pic; 
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bonitin
Gent
(Belgium)
(Zone 8a)
April 30, 2008
11:35 AM Post #4886960
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and a last; 
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wallaby1
Lincoln
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 8a)
April 30, 2008
4:12 PM Post #4888200
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It's a female, and I think Syrphus torvus, the yellow stripes are thinner than on Epistrophe melanostoma and I don't think the tail end quite matches. Syrphus torvus has all yellow thighs and darker below like yours too. The face 'frons' looks to match too. In your first pic I can see black hairs at the lower end of the abdomen which match S. torvus.
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bonitin
Gent
(Belgium)
(Zone 8a)
May 1, 2008
1:45 PM Post #4892382
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That must be it, although mine tails end seem to be a little longer and more pointy, specially in my second pict, but that might be due to the angle of the picture.
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wallaby1
Lincoln
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 8a)
May 1, 2008
8:43 PM Post #4893969
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The tail length is due to it being 'extended', lol, I did have pics with one cleaning itself in this region and it does extend a lot more than that! |
bonitin
Gent
(Belgium)
(Zone 8a)
May 2, 2008
10:12 AM Post #4896109
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Oh, I see, lol! Thanks, I learn a bit more every day! |
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