Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Female Syrphidae to identify...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2015 01:42
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John Carr wrote:
Photos of all Eristalis known from Ontario are here: http://www.canaco...stalis.htm


Thanks! I think the hairy bands on the eyes are distinctive enough to say it's E. tenax.

Interesting, that E. interrupta is listed as 'uncommon' for Ontario. Here it is one of the most numerous Eristalis, more abundant than arbustorum, which listed as 'common and widespread' for Ontario. But both species are nearly ubiquitous here and live in the same habitats.