Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-07-2006 18:54
#3
Thank you Xespok.
I checked images available in i-net, colour patterns are variable. There is only one possible species?
Nikita
Posted by Susan R Walter on 03-07-2006 20:23
#4
Nikita
There is indeed only one possible species with this pattern of double black bands on tergites 3 and 4.
E balteatus is the most commonly recorded hoverfly in the UK, and I imagine it is similarly common over most of Europe. It is extremely variable, both in the heaviness of the black bands and the brightness of the orange.