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I have never observed yet this fly in the garden thus I don't know it is a rare or common sp. Whether rare or not, I think the pattern of the fly is very conspicuous indeed. Can anyone give me some indications?

Thank you in advance!

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The same picture of Eupeodes luniger!
Greetings,

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I think one sp. possesses two name Metasyrphus corollae / Eupeodes luniger. It is possible?

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Hello,

The genus Metasyrphus is now Eupeodes.

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Thank you Pierre!

Can you tell me that what is the exact difference between E. luniger and E. corollae?

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Hello,

I can't answer you. My thin knowledge is too fresh.

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Alan Stubbs' key to the British species separates luniger and corollae by the amount of yellow at the margins of the abdomen - in corollae the yellow lunules continue all the way to the lateral margins of the abdomen, with at least 50% of each segment edge yellow, in luniger the yellow lunules do not usually spread across to the edge (or if they do it is no more than 25% yellow), there is usually a narrow black strip all along the edge of the segments. But there are several other species in the genus as well, so you can't assume that all black-edged Eupeodes are luniger.

Martin