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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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Hourglass Flower Fly - Eristalis arbustorum - male
Copyright © 2008 Ralph C. Baslow

Hourglass Flower Fly - Eristalis arbustorum - Male
New Haven, Addison County, Vermont, USA
October 25, 2004
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Contributed by Ralph C. Baslow on 3 August, 2008 - 8:14pm
Last updated 6 September, 2008 - 8:20pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ralph C. Baslow, 6 September, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ralph C. Baslow, 6 September, 2008 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Yep
Male Eristalis arbustorum, they have a typical black spot on the second (visible as first) abdominal segment, the so called 'hour-glass'!
… Gerard Pennards, 6 September, 2008 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Male Eristalis arbustorum
Gerard,

Thanks for the ID. I have moved the image to the appropriate place.\

Ralph
… Ralph C. Baslow, 6 September, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 27 August, 2008 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

Do you have a photo of its face?
Eristalis is often hard to get to species. If memory serves, you'll need a frontal photo for ID to E. arbustorum.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 August, 2008 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Or
maybe Eristalis tenax.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 3 August, 2008 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

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