[Syrphidae] Re: Migrant Syrphidae in Eire/British Isles?

James Alan Wolstencroft gonolek at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 12:22:18 BST 2013


Many thanks Roger !

On 14 Jun 2013, at 11:46, Roger Morris wrote:

> Hello James
> 
> H. pendulus is a bit of a wanderer but not migratory to any great level. H. trivittatus is regarded as a migrant but I suspect it is resident much of the time but wanders. H. hybridus is a good deal more faithful to breeding sites. There are several species that occur as vagrants or whose biology is too poorly known to judge whether they are vagrants or residents.
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> Hope this helps
> 
> Roger
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> On 14/06/2013 11:18, James Alan Wolstencroft wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> To what extent is it known (or 'supposed') whether Helophilus spp are long distance migrants e.g. in or to Eire/BI?
>> I was on a thrift covered cliff-top, on westernmost Dursey Island, off westernmost Cork, last week and noticed an apparent arrival of Helophilus in association with relatively small numbers of various migrant Lepidoptera.
>> No Episyrphus balteatus however, and few Eristalis spp.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> JW
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