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Hello!

Sorry about the poor picture quality. These Eristalis visited flowers yesterday here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. The size was inbetween that of E. arbustorum and E. tenax, but more like tenax. I think they were bigger than the "normal" E. interrupta females, but what else could it be if not interrupta? Thanks for any hints!

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Hello Juergen,
You are quite right, it can't be anything else than a female of Eristalis interrupta. There is, as in all these species, some variation in the amount of yellow on the abdomen!
greetings,

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Hello, Gerard!



Thanks a lot, Gerard!

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For a novice can you say why it cannot be other than Eristalis interrupta. Perhaps what particular features lead you to that conclusion.

Many thanks
Gordon