Posted by SnowCrash on 01-03-2009 15:20
#1
Is that an Eristalis tenax, female?
Date: 09.09.2006
Place: Fenalet-sur-Bex, VD, Switzerland
Coords: 46.27 / 7.03
Size: don't know
Edited by SnowCrash on 01-03-2009 15:31
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 01-03-2009 18:28
#2
Yes, I would say so, the other possibility being
E. arbustorum. As for being a female or not, the photo is not detailed enough for me to be sure.
Regards,
Joaquim
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-03-2009 20:23
#3
With eyes touching, it's certainly a male, and I'd say it is
tenax. (You can just make out the vertical stripe on the eye.)