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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">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 face="tahoma" size="2">Any help would be greatly appreciated as Im waiting on them to construct food chains in the lab.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Kind regards,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Matt Perkins</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">PhD Researcher</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Center for Ecology & Conservation</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">The University of Exeter</font></div>
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