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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Eristalis hirta
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Drone fly to ID if possible. - Eristalis hirta
Copyright © 2007 Kildale

Drone fly to ID if possible. - Eristalis hirta
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 25, 2007
I've posted a couple of Eristalis flies in the past but this one looked a lot paler in color. Managed a couple of shots of it. Any further information would be helpful, thank you.
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Contributed by Kildale on 25 August, 2007 - 5:56pm
Last updated 14 October, 2014 - 11:35pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Eoseristalis.
… Martin Hauser, 14 October, 2014 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eristalis.
… v belov, 21 January, 2013 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

I think this most resembles E
I think this most resembles Eristalis arbustorum. It looks quite similar to E. tenax but the body of E. tenax tends to be more opaque and E. tenax has a thick black line in the center of the face. E. arbustorum has an all white face, which I can't really see.
… Stephen Schueman, 26 August, 2007 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
Fly ID
Thank you Stephen for the ID, I appreciate it. Would the female be bigger than the male?
… Kildale, 26 August, 2007 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
I think the females are large
I think the females are larger than the males but the way to tell is that the eyes meet at the top in the males and are separated in the females. This works for most flys, but not all, as in some cases the difference in distance between the eyes of males and females is slight.
… Stephen Schueman, 26 August, 2007 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks again for the info. Stephen. I did get a couple of images of a larger fly and the eyes are further apart, so I did get the male and the female. Thanks again
… Kildale, 26 August, 2007 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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