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Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Can I be sure this is an Eristalis arbustorum female?, 0 by wallaby1

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wallaby1 wrote:
The tibia on E. arbustorum is more cream than yellow, and the abdomen is shorter, but sometimes the differences are not so easy to see! I think your last one is E. arbustorum, the white lines are more pronounced and the abdomen looks shorter although very rounded, it could be laden with eggs.

Here's one of my E. arbustorum from this year, I have one which I'm not sure about either! If they are not obvious I just go with the ones which do look correct, lol.

This was on 27th September.