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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 Eristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eristalis) » Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
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Syrphid fly - Eristalis tenax - female
Copyright © 2005 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Syrphid fly - Eristalis tenax - Female
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
June 9, 2004
I hope wing veination and markings will help someone narrow this one down.
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 December, 2005 - 8:42am
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 1:06pm

Eristalis
I would say Eristalis, beyond that I am not sure, though my hunch is tenax.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 December, 2005 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Quite correct - E. tenax female
Although a bit blurred, the hairy stripes on the compound eyes, absent in the other species, can be seen. A male would have contiguous, i.e. touching each other, compound eyes.
… Richard Vernier, 7 December, 2005 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That was quick! I like the info on your guide page, Beatriz. The "rat-tailed maggot" is crazy-looking!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 7 December, 2005 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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