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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 arbustorum
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Common Drone fly? - Eristalis arbustorum
Copyright © 2020 rmyoshihara

Common Drone fly? - Eristalis arbustorum
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
February 18, 2020
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Contributed by rmyoshihara on 18 February, 2020 - 10:23pm
Last updated 19 February, 2020 - 3:58am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 19 February, 2020 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

Eristalis arbustorum .... mal
Eristalis arbustorum .... male.
Yellow/orange markings on tergite 2 broadly reaching posterior margin and joining the markings on tergite 3 which are restricted to half of tergite; Eristalis tenax has the band at the posterior margin orange and the markings on tergite 2 have inner margins much closer or if doubtful then obviously not reaching posterior margin.
… Bill Dean, 19 February, 2020 - 3:57am login or register to post comments

 
Two Eristalis sub-genera
A revelation opening up a number of possibilities beyond E. tenax. Thank you for the detail of your explanation. E. arbustorum has been seen before in the patch but not identified beyond genus
… rmyoshihara, 19 February, 2020 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 19 February, 2020 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

Certainly Eristalis but doesn
Certainly Eristalis but doesn't look like tenax to me. arbustorum?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 19 February, 2020 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

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