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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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Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - female
Copyright © 2013 Kenneth D. Frank

Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - Female
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 17, 2013
Photographed at Grays Ferry Crescent, Schuylkill River Trail, Philadelphia. I had originally
submitted this photo linked to photos of a different Eristalis. Bill Dean pointed this out, and
identified the specimen here as a female Eristalis tenax. I have unlinked the photos.
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Contributed by Kenneth D. Frank on 19 October, 2013 - 10:20pm
Last updated 9 November, 2013 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 9 November, 2013 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

You have two different specim
You have two different specimens here together. This is Eristalis tenax - female. The one on the right is a male Eristalis arbustorum.
… Bill Dean, 20 October, 2013 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Two species of Eristalis
Thanks for identifying E. tenax and E. arbustorum, and for pointing out my error in presenting them together.
… Kenneth D. Frank, 20 October, 2013 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
if not the same specimen, please unlink images
only images of the same individual can be linked
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

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