Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus 1758)

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Associated species: Eupatorium cannabinum. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: grey background. Orientation: "Left, or facing to left". Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Associated species: Eupatorium cannabinum. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: grey background. Orientation: "Right, or facing to right". Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Associated species: Eupatorium cannabinum. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: grey background. Orientation: Facing to top. Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Associated species: Eupatorium cannabinum. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: grey background. Orientation: "Right, or facing to right". Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Associated species: Eupatorium cannabinum. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: grey background. Orientation: "Right, or facing to right". Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.

Longitude (deg): -1.0. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: In cop. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in cop. Shows: "Male on left, female on right". Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 11.26066666667. Background: white background. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.

Longitude (deg): -1.0. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: In cop. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in cop. Shows: "Male on left, female on right". Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 25.146. Background: white background. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.

Longitude (deg): -1.0. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: In cop. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in cop. Shows: "Male above, female below". Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 11.59933333333. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.

Longitude (deg): -1.0. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 30' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: In cop. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: in cop. Shows: "Male on right, female on left". Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 19.38866666667. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.

Peglio, Lombardy, Italy

Malo, Veneto, Italy

Avene, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

L: 8-11mm, characteristics: sexual dimorphism; biology: die Larven berwintern. Die Larven ernhren sich von Blattlusen, die Imagines von Pollen und Nektar; sie fliegen von Mai-September. Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera Schiner, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae Samouelle, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Syrphinae Samouelle, 1819 Tribus: Syrphini Samouelle, 1819 Genus: Sphaerophoria LEPELETIER & AUDINET-SERVILLE, 1828Sphaerophoria scripta LINNAEUS, 1758 (Gewhnliche Langbauchschwebfliege oder Gemeine Stiftschwebfliege)more info: www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id6651/?taxonid=123576(German) www.insektenbox.de/zweifl/gestif.htmNE-Germany, Berlin: vic. Schnefeld (airport), ca. 40-50m asl., 18.08.2011IMG_4322

Darbu, Buskerud Fylke, Norway

a Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly on a Hogweed flowerhead at South Saxons

Camin, Veneto, Italy

Malo, Veneto, Italia

Badger Farm, England, United Kingdom

London, UK

Montegrotto Terme, Veneto, Italy

Arrondissement de Romorantin-Lanthenay, Centre, France

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany