Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis ID
Posted by ehaefele on 06-11-2020 13:01
#1
Hello!
I took a photo of the following Eristalis on a buckwheat field in July in Germany.
Can anybody help with identification? It looks similar to Ersitalis tenax for me.
Thank you!
Edited by ehaefele on 06-11-2020 13:03
Posted by eklans on 06-11-2020 13:10
#2
Hi, I'm quite sure, it's a male Eristalis arbustorum. Tergite 2 & 3 with yellow patches, tergites with white base.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by ehaefele on 06-11-2020 13:18
#3
Thank you!
Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 07-11-2020 18:11
#4
From this angle, I find it hard to rule out Eristalis abusiva. Do you have any photo where the contact area of the eyes (above the antennae) is visible?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2020 23:36
#5
Hi,
eklans wrote:
I'm quite sure, it's a male Eristalis arbustorum.
how do you rule out
E. abusiva?