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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello Matt, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In Sweden a favorit plant for females to lay egg on
is Phragmites communis. So maybe your are lucky on fresh leaves of such stands
and in their vicinity </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best wishes </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mjp223@exeter.ac.uk href="mailto:mjp223@exeter.ac.uk">Perkins,
Matthew</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 08, 2010 7:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Syrphidae] Finding Female
Episyrphus</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Sorry to trouble you, I am trying to
catch female Episyrphus balteatus so that I can produce a supply of eggs in
the lab. However I am having trouble finding any. I have located and
caught plenty of males hovering under trees and bushes in hedgerows and
parkland, but an extensive search of hedgrerow flower banks and buttercup
fields has revealed no females. I wondered if anyone had any good tips
for finding females - such as their favourite habitats or food plant
species? I have managed to collect many female Syrphus ribesii amongst
nettles and flowers in sunny hedge banks...but no Episyrphus.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Any help would be greatly appreciated as
Im waiting on them to construct food chains in the lab.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Matt Perkins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>PhD Researcher</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>Center for Ecology &
Conservation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma>The University of Exeter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
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