Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hoverfly? for ID

Posted by PeterD on 15-09-2010 02:44
#1
Can anyone please help me ID this fly?

www.imageinuk.com/Other/Query-Support-Files/9126187/1008209880_bsqc8-M.jpg
Click here for larger image >>http://www.imagei...qc8-XL.jpg

Thank you

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-09-2010 08:31
#2
Looks like Eristalis tenax

Posted by PeterD on 15-09-2010 10:02
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
Looks like Eristalis tenax


Thanks Paul;)
This species seems to have many different forms - various amounts of orange markings on the abdomen (from lots to none) and similarly various amounts of hair on the thorax.

Posted by Jeroen K on 15-09-2010 11:59
#4
The best way to see instantly if it's E. tenax: look at the eyes. E. tenax: has two clearly visible rows of hairs on each eye.

aramel.free.fr/Eristalis-tenax-face-1.jpg

Posted by PeterD on 15-09-2010 15:05
#5
Jeroen K wrote:
The best way to see instantly if it's E. tenax: look at the eyes. E. tenax: has two clearly visible rows of hairs on each eye.

aramel.free.fr/Eristalis-tenax-face-1.jpg


Thank you Jeroen for your reply;)