Hoverfly ID confirmation

[squishy]

I've got this one pencilled as Syrphus ribesii, but there seem to be a lot of species that look like this, so I'm far from sure.



Roughly 1cm length.


Help with ID/confirmation would be appreciated .

[Jason Green]

Afternoon Adam,

It's male. It's eyes seem to lack hair so I doubt it's Syrphus torvus, so that really leaves Syrphus ribesii and S. vitripennis which can't be reliably seperated from a photograph in my opinion, it needs a microscope to examine the basal cells.

To summarise, Syrphus ribesii/vitripennis

Take care,

Jason