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  • (S.Falks quote) The 'Lesser Bulb-fly', a common pest of bulbs (especially daffodils) in many gardens and suburban areas, but relatively scarce in the wider countryside compared with the very similiar E. strigatus.<br />
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Males of E. funeralis are readily separable from those of strigatus by checking the underside of the hind femorae, which have the basal ventral section free of hairs and shining (entirely covered in short hairs in strigatus) and bearing a slight tubercle. Funeralis also averages a little smaller and there are differences in the genitalia (see Stubbs & Falk, 2002).<br />
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Female funeralis is best separated from strigatus by the less heavily dusted frons which has much narrower dusted strips alongside the eye margins. The 3rd antennal segment tends to be rounder and less rhomboid.<br />
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Like Merodon equestris, this species appears to have been introduced to Britain with imported bulbs from the Continentin recent times and was rare in the early 20th century.
    Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_5636.jpg
  • (S.Falks quote) The 'Lesser Bulb-fly', a common pest of bulbs (especially daffodils) in many gardens and suburban areas, but relatively scarce in the wider countryside compared with the very similiar E. strigatus.<br />
<br />
Males of E. funeralis are readily separable from those of strigatus by checking the underside of the hind femorae, which have the basal ventral section free of hairs and shining (entirely covered in short hairs in strigatus) and bearing a slight tubercle. Funeralis also averages a little smaller and there are differences in the genitalia (see Stubbs & Falk, 2002).<br />
<br />
Female funeralis is best separated from strigatus by the less heavily dusted frons which has much narrower dusted strips alongside the eye margins. The 3rd antennal segment tends to be rounder and less rhomboid.<br />
<br />
Like Merodon equestris, this species appears to have been introduced to Britain with imported bulbs from the Continentin recent times and was rare in the early 20th century.
    Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_6754.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lesser Bulb Fly_1s...jpg
  • Merodon equestris_Shetland_7852.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_6711.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8057.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_Lerwick_Shetland_7...jpg
  • Volucella zonaria_Hoverfly1491.jpg
  • Steven Flaks: "A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_0977.jpg
  • Xylota segnis_Hoverfly_Shetland_7148.jpg
  • Eupeodes latifasciatus_Lerwick_9440.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Shetland_0486.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Shetland_6964.jpg
  • Xylota segnis_Hoverfly_Shetland_7167.jpg
  • Volucella zonaria_Hoverfly_1483.jpg
  • Myathropa florea_Hoverfly_1563.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8083.jpg
  • Syrphus ribesii_Shetland_4371.jpg
  • Syrphus torvus or vitripennis_Shetla...jpg
  • Sericomyia lappona_Shetland_0325.jpg
  • Steven Falk: “A brightly banded hoverfly that can be conspicuous on the flowers of umbellifers (especially Angelica) and thistles in woodlands and wetlands in late summer. It often hovers immediately beside such flowers, and may even feed whilst hovering, which is unusual behaviour for syrphids. The robust build and particularly straight and broad yellow bands (which extend fully to the side margins of the abdomen), combined with a rather dull thorax, create a distinctive jizz in the field. The larvae are aphidophagous and have been found on Sycamore foliage in Britain, also on Winter Wheat abroad.”
    Epistrophe grossulare_Shetland_3447.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1073.jpg
  • Steven Flaks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1010.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_0958.jpg
  • Eristals intricaria_Shetland_6199.jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Shetland_5034.jpg
  • Sericomyia silentis_Hoverfly_Shetlan...jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Hoverfly_Shetand_7...jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_9559.jpg
  • Eristalis intricaria_Shetland_0007.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Shetland_7420.jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Hoverfly_Shetland_57...jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Shetland_7772.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Shetland_2587.jpg
  • Volucella pellucens_Hoverfly_1527.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_7950.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1108.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8515.jpg
  • Epistrophe grossulare_7677.jpg
  • Dasysyrphus albostriatus_Shetland_18...jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Xanthogramma pedissequum_6696.jpg
  • Xanthogramma pedissequum_7167.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1115.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Shetland_8512.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_7817.jpg
  • Sphaerophoria scripta_Long Hoverfly_...jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_8986.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Lerwick_9809.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Lerwick_9943.jpg
  • Eupeodes latifasciatus_Lerwick_9437.jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Lerwick_Shetland_9...jpg
  • According to Stephen Falks, "A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs."
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_9445.jpg
  • Sphaerophoria scripta_Shetland_0765.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Episyrphus balteatus_Marmalade Hover...jpg
  • Sericomyia silentis_Shetland_9274.jpg
  • Volucella pellucens_Hoverfly_1522.jpg
  • Xanthogramma pedissequum_7159.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lerwick_Shetland_0...jpg
  • Platycheirus albimanus_Hoverfly_Shet...jpg
  • Episyrphus balteatus_Marmalade Hover...jpg
  • Volucella zonaria_Hoverfly_1628.jpg
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