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Pollinator 7 - Eristalis tenax
Copyright © 2017 Suzy H

Pollinator 7 - Eristalis tenax
Rideau Lakes (Elgin) , Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
September 2, 2017
Size: 1/2" approx
Taking a pollen break on a woodland sunflower leaf, around noon.
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Contributed by Suzy H on 5 September, 2017 - 12:14pm
Last updated 5 September, 2017 - 6:12pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 September, 2017 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Eristalis tenax
Broad facial stripe and pruinose thorax with pattern and terminal band on tergite 2 orange ...... Eristalis tenax .... female.
The only other Nearctic Eristalis with pruinose thorax forming a pattern is arbustorum which doesn`t have a facial stripe and the terminal bands are broader and usually white.
… Bill Dean, 5 September, 2017 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thank you! :)
… Suzy H, 5 September, 2017 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Hoverfly, probably Eristalis
Looks to me an Eristalis species, perhaps E. tenax but eyes are out of focus making species ID uncertain (for me at least!)
… Cor Zonneveld, 5 September, 2017 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you!
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