Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sinai. Is it Syrphidae?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-02-2006 22:00
#1

Near the goat's water reservoir, 10-12mm.
www.diptera.info/forim/7-1226-1.jpg

Posted by Guenter on 14-02-2006 22:11
#2

Looks like Eristalinus to me (yes, Syrphidae)

G?nter

Edited by Guenter on 14-02-2006 22:24

Posted by John Smit on 15-02-2006 14:41
#3

Indeed it's a male of the Cosmopolitan species Eristalinus aeneus.

John

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-02-2006 15:19
#4

Thank you.