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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis similis?

Posted by Sundew on 18-09-2011 15:11

Hi,
This Eristalis I saw in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, about three weeks ago. Can E. similis be confirmed?
Many thanks, Sundew

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 18-09-2011 21:57

Hi, Sundew! I have very little experience in this, but if I would have been asked to put a name to that Hoverfly, I would have said it is Eristalis similis. The stigma fits to perfection and the general features seem to match too.

But wait for the opinion of an expert

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 18-09-2011 21:58

Posted by Mark van Veen on 18-09-2011 22:00

I would say so, see the long pterostigma.

Edited by Mark van Veen on 18-09-2011 22:01

Posted by Sundew on 18-09-2011 22:54

I see you also point out to the pterostigma that led me to my species guess. Many thanks to both of you!