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20-08-2010, 09:48 AM
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| | | Hoverfly ID's
Can some ID these please.
1. 
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3. ?Eristalis pertinax  
4. ?Helophilus trivittatus 
5. ?Eristalis pertinax 
6. ?Sphaerophoria scripta  
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20-08-2010, 11:20 AM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's
1. is possibly Scaeva pyrastri or S.selenitica
2. is the other of 1.
3. is a drone fly Eristalis tenax
4. is Chrysotoxum cautum possibly
5. is another drone fly
6. is Conops quadrifasciatus
7. is possibly Episyphus balteatus
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20-08-2010, 12:12 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's
Afternoon Ben, 1: Female Syrphus sp., need the hind femora 2: Female Syrphus ribesii 3: Female Eristalis sp. 4: Female Helophilus pendulus 5: Female, Proabably pertinax 6: Male Sphaerophoria scripta 7: Male Meanostoma sp.
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20-08-2010, 03:55 PM
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Thanks Jason. Does #7 rule out M. scalare because of the antenna colour?
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20-08-2010, 06:09 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly ID's
#3 is Eristalis interrupta
#5 is Eristalis pertinax, orange front and mid tarsi.
#7 is a male Melanostoma mellinum. Black face, larger spots.
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