Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Medium sized Eristalis (12.05.23) --> E. similis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2023 22:50
#1
Hello,

this Eristalis male from a hedge at the forestborder (northwest Germany) today was smaller than E. tenax or pertinax (and has dark fore tarsi), but bigger than E. interrupta or arbustorum, about 12-13 mm. I'm unsure, to which species it belongs.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2023 21:32

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2023 22:50
#2
Pic #2 (1280x960).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2023 22:51
#3
Pic #3 (1280x960).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2023 22:03
#4
Nobody? Frown

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 23-05-2023 21:15
#5
I'd say Eristalis similis.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2023 21:31
#6
Karsten Thomsen wrote:
I'd say Eristalis similis.


Many thanks, Karsten!