Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis?

Posted by Isidro on 14-10-2007 19:53
#1
Two weeks ago in the green of an urban park. Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 200 meters high. Same size than E. tenax (10-11 mm)

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Thanks Wink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-10-2007 19:59
#2
I guess arbustorus

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 14-10-2007 20:05
#3
If you would say arbustorum I'd agree! GrinGrin
Greetings

Posted by Isidro on 14-10-2007 21:17
#4
Ohhh what a pity!

But.... it looks much bigger than E. arbustorum and don't have white lines in the abdomen...

Posted by Susan R Walter on 14-10-2007 21:56
#5
Isidro

E arbustorum doesn't always have the white margins on the tergites. Quite often males are like this one, with a 'saddle' shaped yellow abdominal pattern, with the yellow extending into tergite 3.

Posted by Isidro on 15-10-2007 08:37
#6
Thanks everybody.... then, E. arbustorum... OK