Anasimyia contracta

Description: NT57 Amisfield, East Lothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 21 July 2012, 09:39. Source: Anasimyia contracta (female). Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 57′ 26.18″ N, 2° 44′ 53.1″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.957272; -2.748084.

Description: English: Hoverfly of the Eristalini tribe Anasimyia contracta. Date:. Source: Own work. Author: Nastytroll.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:02. Source: Anasimyia contracta (male) sitting on an old bulrush. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 44.16″ N, 3° 00′ 48.54″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895601; -3.013483.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Although it's unclear in this shot careful scrutiny of the abdomen shape and pattern in other photos confirm this to be a female Anasimyia contracta. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 18 June 2010, 13:40. Source: Anasimyia contracta (female). Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 42.86″ N, 3° 00′ 42.47″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895240; -3.011798.

Description: Anasimyia contracta - Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue Svenska: midjedammblomfluga Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:12. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: Sandy Rae from Scotland, UK.

Description: Anasimyia contracta, Trawscoed, North Wales, June 2012. Date: 10 May 2015, 15:36. Source: Anasimyia contracta, Trawscoed, North Wales, June 2012. Author: Janet Graham.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:24. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 44.16″ N, 3° 00′ 48.54″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895601; -3.013483.

Description: Anasimyia contracta, North Wales, July 2009. Date: 11 May 2015, 02:39. Source: Anasimyia contracta, North Wales, July 2009. Author: Janet Graham.

Description: Anasimyia contracta - Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue Svenska: midjedammblomfluga Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:24. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: Sandy Rae from Scotland, UK.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 30 June 2010, 12:34. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 42.86″ N, 3° 00′ 42.47″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895240; -3.011798.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:12. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 44.16″ N, 3° 00′ 48.54″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895601; -3.013483.

Description: Anasimyia contracta Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue Svenska: midjedammblomfluga Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 22 June 2011, 15:02. Source: Anasimyia contracta sitting on an old bulrush. Author: Sandy Rae from Scotland, UK.

Description: English: Female Anasimyia contracta - a hoverfly associated with bulrushes (Typha). Date: 18 June 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Sandy Rae.

Description: At the Cousland end of the Pencaitland Railway Walk, Scotland. Date: 7 July 2016, 15:17. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK.

Description: English: Female Anasimyia contracta, a hoverfly associated with bulrushes (Typha). Date: 30 June 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Sandy Rae.

Description: Cowden Pools, Midlothian, Scotland. Fordel, Midlothian, Scotland. My first experience of Anasimyia hoverflies, a genus associated with bullrushes. Not an easy genus to sex as both sexes have separated eyes. Two species in Britain have neat little rounded, lobed comma-shaped markings on the tergites - contracta & transfuga. Only female contracta's abdomen has a distinct waist at tergite 2 bulging at tergites 3 & 4 as shown in the above photo. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 18 June 2010, 13:18. Source: Anasimyia contracta (female). Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 53′ 42.86″ N, 3° 00′ 42.47″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.895240; -3.011798.

Description: NT57 Amisfield, East Lothian, Scotland. Vernacular names English: none yet Dansk: Talje-Damsvirreflue (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Deutsch: Español: Français: Nederlands: ingesnoerde waterzweefvlieg (Narrowed Pond-hoverfly)? Norsk (bokmål): midjedamblomsterflue (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)? Svenska: midjedammblomfluga (Narrowed Pond-flowerfly)?. Date: 21 July 2012, 09:39. Source: Anasimyia contracta (female). Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location55° 57′ 26.18″ N, 2° 44′ 53.1″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.957272; -2.748084.

Description: At the Cousland end of the Pencaitland Railway Walk, Scotland. Date: 7 July 2016, 15:03. Source: Anasimyia contracta. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK.