Paragus pecchiolii

Paragus pecchiolii

''Paragus pecchiolii'' is a species of hoverfly.
Hoverfly - Paragus pecchiolii This weekend I spent two mornings chasing small insects collecting pollen from my wife's dill, which she grows on our balcony. I was surprised to find out that I have photographed 3 or 4 species. This is the first one, the rest still to be identified - two masked bees, Hylaeus sp., one wasp or bee. In the beginning I didn't realize they are different species - at first glance they all look the same. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Diptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Paragus pecchiolii,Sofia,Summer,Syrphid fly,Syrphidae,Wildlife

Appearance

''Paragus pecchiolii'' can reach a length of 5.5–6.5 millimetres . This species shows a black thorax with two dusty stripes and a scutellum with yellow apex. Abdominal tergites are black, with distinct silvery hairy stripes, often reddish along lateral margins. Legs are yellow.
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Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilySyrphidae
GenusParagus
SpeciesP. pecchiolii
Photographed in
Bulgaria