Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Please help to ID this hoverfly (Eristalis ?)

Posted by v_plessky on 14-10-2008 16:17
#1

Please help to identify this hoverfly.
My guess is that this is Eristalis tenax

Full-size shots (not cropped) are available on my album on Flickr:
http://www.flickr...836842941/
http://www.flickr...929105703/

Location: 50km to the east from Moscow (Russia)
Date/Time: September 7th, 2008, 16:36 local time

Shot of this hoverfly is taken on helenium flower, growing in my garden.

Shot #1
farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2836842941_08cd2a2eb1.jpg

Shot #2
farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2929105703_6d8b492ef0.jpg

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 14-10-2008 21:15
#2

A female Eristalis arbustorum!
Greetings and welcome to diptera.info!

Posted by v_plessky on 14-10-2008 21:39
#3


Thank you, Gerard!