Paragus - Paragus haemorrhous - Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA June 16, 2006 Size: 4 mm
Looks like a spurious vein on this flies wing, which (among other things) finally led me to Syrphidae, which led me to the Paragini; probably a female - eyes not touching at top. Oh, size was arrived at by catching and chilling a couple of them, then measuring - not this one though. I noticed that some seemed a bit longer, probably the males.
The image by Chuck Entz looks like what I've been observing for the last week. Saw some of them mate; they perform a dance of sort prior.
So many insects in my garden, and so little time to go through the photos...
At least I've got this one fairly reasonably placed, though would like some comments as to accuracy.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 16 June, 2006 - 2:14pm Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 4:19pm |