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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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Fly - Eristalis tenax
Copyright © 2014 Jason King

Fly - Eristalis tenax
Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
September 14, 2013

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Contributed by Jason King on 9 February, 2014 - 8:02am
Last updated 29 September, 2014 - 10:12am

Moved
Moved from Eristalis.
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2014 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 February, 2014 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 15 February, 2014 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

Syrphid fly
something like this one, perhaps Eristalis
… Even Dankowicz, 9 February, 2014 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
Yes - definitely Eristalis (t
Yes - definitely Eristalis (the curved R4+5 and closed r1 cell, with slender hind femur, are diagnostic). I think this is probably Eristalis tenax, but am not 100% sure (the best way to tell is by looking at the pattern of eye hairs, but understandably this isn't obvious from all photos!).
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 February, 2014 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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