Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Eristalis arbustorum] Unknown Eristalis

Posted by pierred on 18-02-2007 08:44
#1

Hello,

While sorting older pictures, I came on this one :
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos15/big/20d38949b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 15/10/2006 : Paris : 75018
altitude : 50 m - taille : 12-13 mm
ref=15237

No hairy bands, it is not E. tenax.

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos15/big/20d38952b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 15/10/2006 : Paris : 75018
altitude : 50 m - taille : 12-13 mm
ref=15238

Most ofthe time, when not E. tenax, it is E. pertinax.

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos15/big/20d38956b.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : 15/10/2006 : Paris : 75018
altitude : 50 m - taille : 12-13 mm
ref=15239

But the colour of the legs shows it is not E. pertinax. The pterostigma seems to rule out E. similis.

Can somebody help me out of this?
Thanks in advance.

Edited by pierred on 18-02-2007 20:21

Posted by John Smit on 18-02-2007 13:17
#2

Hi Pierre,

This is a male Eristalis arbustorum.


John

Posted by pierred on 18-02-2007 20:03
#3

John,

Thanks a lot.