Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis but which one?
Posted by yamaneko on 19-12-2008 13:30
#1
Is it possible to tell it from these two photos?
Nadine
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 20-12-2008 18:38
#2
Hoi Nadine, probably a female Eristalis arbustorum, the other possibility (Eristalis abusiva) is much less abundant!
Greetings
Posted by yamaneko on 05-01-2009 12:50
#3
Gerard, thanks for the identification.
What would arbustorum seperate from abusiva?
Bye, Nadine
Posted by Andre on 05-01-2009 21:09
#4
Abusiva female has a quite distinctively colored beautiful reflection on the tergites (but risky on a pic like this). And both sexes have an almost bare arista (which is not visible on this pic).