Neoascia podagrica♀︎♂︎

Last update: 5 February 2021

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2016-V-282016-V-27

A mating couple of Neoascia podagrica hoverflies. The male is on top.

The species is reconizable among other by the yellow spot on the second and third dorsal segment and the colored veins on the front wing^[1,2].

This female was drinking on a Flax (Linum usitatissimum).

Literature

¹André Schulten, februari 2014, "Fotogids ZWEEFVLIEGEN Versie 2.0"

²Reemer, M., W. Renema, W. van Steenis, Th. Zeegers, A. Barendregt, J.T. Smit, M.P. van Veen, J. van Steenis, L.J.J.M. van der Leij, 2009. De Nederlandse zweefvliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae). - Nederlandse Fauna 8. Leiden. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, KNNV Uitgeverij, European Invertebrate Survey - Nederland.