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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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Hover fly -- flower fly -- or, Eristalis sp ? - Eristalis tenax - female
Copyright © 2005 David A Burke

Hover fly -- flower fly -- or, Eristalis sp ? - Eristalis tenax - Female
5200 ft elevation, Park County, Wyoming, USA
September 4, 2004
Size: 1/2 inch
semi wet area
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Contributed by David A Burke on 3 January, 2005 - 9:49pm
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 7:44pm

From the color pattern it is
From the color pattern it is without question a female Eristalis tenax.
… Martin Hauser, 31 January, 2006 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

All of the above!
In Europe, Syrphidae are known as "hover flies." Syrphid specialists in America swear they should go by "flower flies." This specimen is of an Eristalis sp., probably E. tenax, the "drone fly." Confused yet?:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 January, 2005 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Eristalis tenax
Yes, E.tenax from a picture in my Kosmos Insektenfuehrer by J. Zahradnik.
… Adalbert Goertz, 1 July, 2005 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
You may well be right. Posture etc. are correct but the characteristic vertical hair bands on the eyes are not visible in this picture.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 15 August, 2005 - 4:50am login or register to post comments

Eristalis
Certainly an Eristalis but which one?

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 4 January, 2005 - 2:33am login or register to post comments

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