Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis....pertinax<ID'd by Stephane....

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 04:45
#1
........appears to be getting a telling off from a fly with a Bluebottle looking on?Smile Photographed in my garden about 3 weeks ago.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 15:31

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 04:47
#2
And is the same kind? Taken earlier in the year.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 27-10-2008 11:15
#3
Both seem to have anterior and mid tarsi yellow : this leads to Eristalis pertinax.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 15:28
#4
Thank you again Stephane. Had a lot of these around this year. Still can't tell them apart Frown.
Regards Roger