David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flies 20 - Superb Ant-hill
Hoverflies
SUPERB
ANT-HILL HOVERFLY
Xanthogramma pedissequum
(m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (f)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY Xanthogramma pedissequum (m)
SUPERB ANT-HILL HOVERFLY
Xanthogramma pedissequum
(m)
- Recent studies have confirmed the presence of a third British Xanthogramma species, Stackelberg’s Ant-hill Hoverfly X. stackelbergi. This has a similar appearance to the social wasp-mimicking Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly X. pedissequum - so caution will be required when trying to separate them. These insects often hover quite low down and they can be easily overlooked. The visible features in the photographs are insufficient to enable an unequivocal identification to species but the shape of the pterostigmata and the geographical locations indicate that these images are all of X. pedissequum. These links should provide the assistance required: http://poutaa.net/kukkakarpaset/key_Xanthogramma.pdf and Steven Falk’s: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124453649@N07/sets/72157644972155380/.
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