Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis....pertinax<ID'd by Stephane....

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 05:45
#1

........appears to be getting a telling off from a fly with a Bluebottle looking on?:) Photographed in my garden about 3 weeks ago.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 16:31

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 05:47
#2

And is the same kind? Taken earlier in the year.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 27-10-2008 12:15
#3

Both seem to have anterior and mid tarsi yellow : this leads to Eristalis pertinax.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2008 16:28
#4

Thank you again Stephane. Had a lot of these around this year. Still can't tell them apart :|.
Regards Roger