Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Eristalis ID
Posted by
ehaefele
on 06-11-2020 12:01
#1
Hello!
I took a photo of the following Eristalis on a buckwheat field in July in Germany.
Can anybody help with identification? It looks similar to Ersitalis tenax for me.
Thank you!
Edited by
ehaefele
on 06-11-2020 12:03
Posted by
eklans
on 06-11-2020 12:10
#2
Hi, I'm quite sure, it's a male Eristalis arbustorum. Tergite 2 & 3 with yellow patches, tergites with white base.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by
ehaefele
on 06-11-2020 12:18
#3
Thank you!
Posted by
Karsten Thomsen
on 07-11-2020 17:11
#4
From this angle, I find it hard to rule out Eristalis abusiva. Do you have any photo where the contact area of the eyes (above the antennae) is visible?
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 07-11-2020 22:36
#5
Hi,
eklans wrote:
I'm quite sure, it's a male Eristalis arbustorum.
how do you rule out
E. abusiva
?