3 Grasshoppers, a butterfly and a hoverfly for ID

[djeyewater]

Can anyone help with IDs for these?

#1 Butterfly, feeding on ragwort


#2 Grasshopper


#3 Grasshopper, possibly the same species as #2?


#4 Grasshopper


#5 I think this is a hoverfly, Eristalis something, but I can't work out which one.


Thanks

Dave

[Tormentil]

~1 is a Small Copper- Lycaena phlaeas

[aeshna5]

Agree butterfly is a Small Copper- 1 of my favourite species.
2 Meadow Grasshopper. The other 2 photos don't really show any useful ID features, but may well be this species too!

[leifus]

1 small copper
2 meadow grasshopper
3 not a drone fly but i can't be any more specific i'm afraid

[oxycera]

it is a drone-fly of some sort.

[leifus]

Originally Posted by oxycera

it is a drone-fly of some sort.

not the drone fly though - well not as i know it

[oxycera]

which dronefly are you referring to? I understood that all Eristalis species were popularly known as droneflies, although this does seem to confuse some people who don't realise that they are syrphidae.

[djeyewater]

Thanks for the help.

#4 Has longer and thinner antennae than the other 2 grasshopper pics. Do the antennae vary much between specimens/age?

#5 My understanding is that most people refer to Eristalis species as Drone flies, but the actual Drone fly is only Eristalis tenax.

Using various websites I get the list of following differences between E tenax and E. pertinax, but whether this list is correct I don't know:

• E. tenax - broader facial stripe between the eyes
• E. tenax - little or no yellow on the legs
• E. tenax - tibiae of the hind legs are dark
• E. pertinax - tibiae of the hind legs are distinctly bicoloured
• E. pertinax - entirely orange front tarsus
• E. pertinax - abdomen is tapering
• E. tenax - abdomen is more nearly cylindrical and "chunkier"
• E. tenax - double vertical stripes on the surface of the eyes
• E. pertinax - Eyes bare

My image seems to have orange/black on all legs, a cylindrical abdomen and hairy eyes (not sure about double vertical stripes though).

Dave

[oxycera]

#5 My understanding is that most people refer to Eristalis species as Drone flies, but the actual Drone fly is only Eristalis tenax.

Glad that's sorted then

[leifus]

Originally Posted by oxycera

which dronefly are you referring to? I understood that all Eristalis species were popularly known as droneflies, although this does seem to confuse some people who don't realise that they are syrphidae.

Oh sorry, Erisralis tenax