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Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - female
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - Female
Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 11, 2006
Size: 2cm estimated

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Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - female Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - female Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - female Please tell me it's a fly! :) - Eristalis arbustorum - female
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 12 July, 2006 - 5:44pm
Last updated 18 October, 2007 - 4:23pm

it is a fly!!
believe it is a Eristalis tenax aka Drone Fly
… Larry Fluitt, 12 July, 2006 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Eristalis arbustorum?
Thanks for the Eristailis lead.  I looked at E. tenax but I think that mine looks a lot more like E. arbustorum.Eristalis sp. - Eristalis arbustorum - femaleWhat do you think? I'm tempted to move mine there.  Do you agree?
… Mardon Erbland, 12 July, 2006 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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