Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Please need help to ID this Fly

Posted by Fernando on 28-11-2006 23:25
#1

this fly is known here in the south of Portugal as a "fruit fly" by the farmers, is it a Eristalinus megacephalus?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-11-2006 00:22
#2

wowow! Syrphidae fly! Mas nunca vi um sirf?deo quase albino.

It seems almost similar with sepulchralis?

Posted by pierred on 29-11-2006 06:54
#3

Hello,

Very nice photo.

E. sepulchralis should be more black and smaller, I think. On the other hand, E. megacephalus is not mentionned in both books I use (Stubb and Van Ween). It is present in Portugal according to Fauna europaea.