bee on yarrow June 2022 - Eristalis

Moved

… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 March, 2023 - 8:45pm

This is either Eristalis brou

This is either Eristalis brousii or arbustorum ... male.
The middle tarsi in this image look dark. This may be a trick of the light. We could do with a better view of the middle leg.
Note the hind basitarsus is inflated and posterior margin of tergite 2 is whitish grey. Not inflated in tenax and tenax has posterior margin of tergite 2 orange.
Do you have other images?

… Bill Dean, 6 March, 2023 - 4:43am

hover fly images

No other images, but I will try to find this species and get a better photo this spring.

At least I now know it was a fly, not a bee. And to genus!

… Evelyn Sherr, 6 March, 2023 - 10:20am

June 25th, same spot would be

June 25th, same spot would be good.
If it turned out to be brousii it would be an exciting find. Eristalis arbustorum is a common European import which has replaced brousii but we still have some western records of brousii. Type Eristalis brousii in the Bugguide search box and then on that page click on "Data" and on the data page click on the black squares for Oregon - April and July.

… Bill Dean, 6 March, 2023 - 10:48am

I did find on other photo of

I did find on other photo of this fly, and although it is not quite in focus, I can see from the head that it is indeed a fly, not a bee.

… Evelyn Sherr, 6 March, 2023 - 7:53pm

Thanks for the extra image. T

Thanks for the extra image. The ocellar triangle looks to being longer than the distance the eyes touch but it`s a blurry image. The tarsi look very dark. I am leaning toward brousii. I sent it to Zachary Dankowicz who thought it could be brousii but not certain. Consequently we are playing safe and leaving it in Eristalis. Looking forward to more pictures from the same area this coming season.

… Bill Dean, 7 March, 2023 - 12:39am

male

male.

… Bill Dean, 6 March, 2023 - 4:35am

I think that's Eristalis tena

I think that's Eristalis tenax, a hover fly

… Hexapoda, 5 March, 2023 - 12:27pm