A black and yellow hoverfly, with more black than yellow - Eupeodes volucris

Moved

Moved from Eupeodes.

… Ted Kropiewnicki, 10 December, 2009 - 12:53am

Genus Eupeodes

Too small to be Scaeva pyrastri so next best choice is Genus Eupeodes. It may be a female Eupeodes volucris although it is a bit small for that species as well; please wait for an expert to confirm or dispute or provide additional insight.

… Ted Kropiewnicki, 4 April, 2008 - 11:08pm

E. volucris does look good.

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… Ron Hemberger, 9 December, 2009 - 11:14pm

I corrected the size to not sure!

And thanks for the help!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 26 April, 2010 - 6:37pm

Thanks Ted-

I will jump into Eupeodes and get my feet wet! Thanks for the info!
...Yes, very similar to Eupeodes volucris!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 4 April, 2008 - 11:55pm

I think my size estimate was way off

It doesn't make sense it could be that small, and I have more than one fairly good shots of this fly in flight. That would be pretty hard for something 4 to 5mm! 8mm seems more likely, which is close to the size of Eupeodes volucris

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 10 February, 2009 - 2:19pm