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Tag: Syrphidae

A few forgotten French Guianan insects

ChrisRPosted onMarch 19, 2010March 23, 2010

The other night I was looking through an old box of insects and discovered 5 trays of mixed French Guianan insects from my trip there…

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Syrphid #4 – Ceriogaster sp. (female)

ChrisRPosted onMay 12, 2009June 12, 2009

This is a lovely black hoverfly with metallic green patches. The specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer – many thanks to him for the…

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Syrphid #1

ChrisRPosted onMay 12, 2009May 12, 2009

This wasp mimic hoverfly looks very similar to Stratiomyid #7. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer.

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Microdon (virgo-species group) (French Guiana)

ChrisRPosted onMay 12, 2009May 1, 2011

This amazing metallic green hoverfly was in the first batch from French Guiana. Menno Reemer is currently revising the Microdontini so the name is only…

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Syrphid #3

ChrisRPosted onMay 12, 2009

Another wasp-mimic hoverfly. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer.

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Syrphid #2 (Palpada cf. scutellaris)

ChrisRPosted onMay 12, 2009May 13, 2009

An interesting black hoverfly with a beautiful yellow scutellum and contrasting grey dusting patches. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer. Many thanks to…

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