[Syrphidae] Episyrphus Request

Perkins, Matthew mjp223 at exeter.ac.uk
Wed May 12 17:59:03 BST 2010


Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for your advice. The weather hasn't been too sunny down this way lately (Cornwall) and I had read literature suggesting the middle of June is better.... I was hoping to begin my cultures and experiments earlier / asap. 

Do you think there may already be enough around to make catching a viable option - I probably only need about 20 or so? I had noticed other species but not any Episyrphus yet, though my searching hasn't been extensive!

Matt

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From: syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jamie Gundry [jg363 at cam.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 May 2010 17:53
To: Hoverfly discussion list
Subject: Re: [Syrphidae] Episyrphus Request

Dear Matt

They're usually very common throughout England: just go hunting with a
butterfly net. The males hover in the sun, guarding their area of air,
while the females aren't a lot harder to find.

Good luck,

Jamie Gundry, PhD student, Cambridge.

On May 12 2010, Perkins, Matthew wrote:

>Hello,
>
> I am about to beign my first year's PhD experiments examing food chain
> length and wished to use a plant - aphid - hoverfly - parasitoid system.
> I have wheat and maize as C3 and C4 plants and am using Sitobion avenae
> as my aphid. I am interested in using the hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
> and wondered if anyone knew where I might be able to procure a few to
> begin a culture of them? Any advice would be greatly recieved! Thanks,
>
>Kind regards
>
>Matt Perkins
>
>PhD Researcher
>Center for Ecology & Conservation
>University of Exeter, Cornwall
>

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