Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-05-2008 23:42
#1
Hello!

Can this female from yesterday (northwest Germany) be Eristalis lineata? It was larger than E. arbustorum or interrupta (also flying yesterday), more in the E. tenax "league" (not quite as big as tenax itself).

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 01-06-2008 00:04
#2
Looks like E. arbustorum to me

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-06-2008 00:34
#3
Hello, Alvesgaspar!

Alvesgaspar wrote:
Looks like E. arbustorum to me


Thanks! Then it was the biggest arbustorum I've ever seen.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 01-06-2008 12:12
#4
Nope, not arbustorum but indeed a female Eristalis lineata!
It has a vague blackish spot in the wing and the yellow marks on the abdomen are not shiny.
In the wild it generally has a more 'orange' appearance!
Greetings

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-06-2008 19:12
#5
Hello, Gerard!

Gerard Pennards wrote:
In the wild it generally has a more 'orange' appearance!


Thanks! I don't see that species very often here, and this animal really looked different from most other Eristalis I find.