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 Eristalis sp, male? --> E. pertinax, male
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| ukursawe |
Posted on 21-04-2025 16:13
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Member Location: Posts: 149 Joined: 28.06.21 |
Hi all, a few days ago I made a few images of a hoverfly while it was in the air. I assumed it would be E. tenax, but after inspecting the images, I'm not so sure any more. Since it refused to land somewhere I have only some in-flight images. Is it possible to determine of narrow down the species from these images? Germany, Garden in western Munich, 13.04.2025, app. 10 mm KL (just guessing here). Greetings, Uli ukursawe attached the following image:  [267.98Kb] Edited by ukursawe on 21-04-2025 18:04 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 21-04-2025 17:55
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4015 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi Uli, it's E. pertinax (entirely pale fore tarsi, face without broad black median stripe...)
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| ukursawe |
Posted on 21-04-2025 18:03
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Member Location: Posts: 149 Joined: 28.06.21 |
Hi Eric, thank you very much for the identification. At least, my suspicions were justified  .Greetings, Uli |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-04-2025 19:07
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14148 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello Uli, the hovering in about 2-3 m height is typical for the males of this species. Yesterday one was constantly hovering above my head at a hedge - impossible to take a photo... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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