The hoverfly Sphaerophoria interrupta, White Loch, near Blairgowrie

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The hoverfly Sphaerophoria interrupta, White Loch, near Blairgowrie by Mike Pennington as part of the Geograph project.

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The hoverfly Sphaerophoria interrupta, White Loch, near Blairgowrie

Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 20 Jul 2014

To be honest, the specific identity is nothing more than an educated guess based on distribution as the Sphaerophoria hoverflies cannot be separated except by miscoscopis examination of the male genitalia.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.571745
Longitude
-3.353743