Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis

Posted by davenicholls on 26-01-2009 21:53
#1
Can anyone help to identify this Eristalis please. Taken in May in woodland in the Midlands. Thanks

Posted by davenicholls on 26-01-2009 21:54
#2
2nd image

Posted by davenicholls on 26-01-2009 21:55
#3
third image

Posted by Roger Thomason on 26-01-2009 23:10
#4
Looks like E. tenax (F) but wait confirmation.

Posted by mariki on 27-01-2009 16:38
#5
Hello,

I think Eristalis arbustorum female. But I am not an expert.
Greetings,
Marie-Christine

Posted by pierred on 27-01-2009 20:50
#6
Hello,

I would also bet for E. arbustorum. But don't quote me.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 28-01-2009 06:58
#7
Well, if my eyes donīt deceive me I see the arista with only short hairs, that would mean itīs a female Eristalis abusiva rather than arbustorum!
Greetings

Posted by davenicholls on 29-01-2009 21:38
#8
Many thanks Gerard and to everyone else who contributed views.

Posted by Wouter van Steenis on 28-02-2009 23:49
#9
It is a female E. arbustorum. The top ot tibia 2 is black. In E. abusiva it should be the same color as the rest of tibia 2.

Wouter