Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID, Eristalinus sepulchralis?

Posted by Juergen G on 20-06-2013 15:20
#1
Is this fly properly diagnosed?
Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Garden in Nettetal
Date: 19.06.2013
Thanks.

Jürgen

Posted by Juergen G on 20-06-2013 15:38
#2
The first picture.

Posted by Juergen G on 20-06-2013 15:39
#3
The second image of the same.

Posted by Juergen G on 20-06-2013 15:39
#4
The third image of the same.

Posted by Sundew on 22-06-2013 00:26
#5
As this female was seen in Germany and not in Southern Europe, the five stripes on the thorax speak for E. sepulchralis. In this case, tergites 2 and 3 should be dull in the middle and not shiny. See discussion under http://www.dipter...ad_id=5205.