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02-02-2009, 09:56 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: N.Ireland
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| | | Two Hoverflies for ID
Both photos were taken in the Valley Park, Newtownabbey, N.Ireland. The first photo was taken in July 2006 and the second in May 2007. Help need with IDs please.
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02-02-2009, 10:17 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: knowle, solihull (just south of b'ham)
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| | | Re: Two Hoverflies for ID
i think they are both Eristalis, but i couldn't give you a species. maybe pertenax for the bottom one, but thats just a speculation. 
(and i think they are both males, but again, that it just a speculation)
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02-02-2009, 10:43 AM
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| | | Re: Two Hoverflies for ID
Pertenax has yellow tarsus so seems right enough! Then again...
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02-02-2009, 11:09 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: knowle, solihull (just south of b'ham)
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| | | Re: Two Hoverflies for ID
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fungalpunk  Pertenax has yellow tarsus so seems right enough! Then again... |
my thoughts exactly 
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02-02-2009, 12:13 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scunthorpe, Nth Lincs
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| | | Re: Two Hoverflies for ID
Is the first one a bee mimic - Eristalis intricarius ? |
02-02-2009, 12:53 PM
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| | | Re: Two Hoverflies for ID
all sounds good to me; E. pertinax male and E. intricarius female | | |
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