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12-09-2009, 12:26 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Penhow, South Wales
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| | | Can anyone help
I've just joined and whilst photographing bees in my garden saw this  and haven't seen one before, and although its markings are distinct have been unable to identify it.
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David |
12-09-2009, 01:51 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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Hello Leaward and welcome to WAB. It looks like some kind of Bee Fly or large Hover Fly, but which one I don't know. I'm sure someone will be along in due course with the answer. There's a very knowledgeable bunch of people around on WAB  |
12-09-2009, 07:06 PM
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Its a Drone Fly, possibly Eristalis tenax ? ... |
12-09-2009, 07:24 PM
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Definitely Eristalis sp., David.
If you look at the wing veins, about the middle of the wing and just over half way towards the tip you will see a vein with a deep dip. This is characteristic of the Eristalini family.
But they are quite variable in abdomen colouration so it is impossible to get a confirmed identification without clearly seeing the other leg colours.
However, the hind leg of your specimen does have a lot of yellow so I would be tempted to suggest Eristalis pertinax; but without seeing the other legs it is just guess work really. |
12-09-2009, 07:36 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln
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It's a female and does look like Eristalis pertinax, they are one of the most common. If you have another view showing the front feet they should be orange.
Janet |
13-09-2009, 02:36 PM
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Thanks for all your help, I'm fairly new to this, so must remember to get more shots (including legs)
Regards
David |
13-09-2009, 04:05 PM
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I'm fairly certain it is eristalis tenax. It is not eristalis pertinax, as the abdomen isn't tapered (search pic on google for eristalis pertinax and you will see what i mean) |
13-09-2009, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by xSarahx  I'm fairly certain it is eristalis tenax. It is not eristalis pertinax, as the abdomen isn't tapered (search pic on google for eristalis pertinax and you will see what i mean) | This is a female, the male has a more tapered abdomen. E. tenax does not have the yellowish section on the hind tibia, E. pertinax does. | | |
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