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I've made a few photo's of this hoverfly which is, as far as I've been able to determine from Collin's general insect field guide and some internet sources a Helophilus species (female), and I think either H. continuus/affinis/pendulus, probably the last one. Can anyone positively identify this species? The specimen was found in The Hague, The Netherlands on 9 August 2006.

When I've positively identified it, the picture will be put on the Wikipedia, so to avoid any perpetuation of a mistake, it's essential that it is not labelled with a wrong species name.

Thanks in advance,

Jens Nielsen
ex-biologist and Wikipedian