Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis arbustorum (with some doubts!)

Posted by Andre on 09-10-2007 16:16
#11

It's Eristalis arbustorum, like Pennards suggested. The spots on the abdomen are too large for nemorum (= interrupta) and the stigma on the wing is 2-coloured... The face looks all haired too. It's a typical male arbustorum. Abusivus would have been nice (as a new species for P!), but it misses the characteristic metalic glance on the abdomen. It's defenitely not horticola (= lineata), for some obvious reasons ;)