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

wallaby1 wrote:
It is very difficult to tell from that still, lol, I am veering towards E. arbustorum but then E. pertinax doesn't always show a very dark stripe on the face either as I have found with mine from some angles. The dark line isn't spread like it is on E. tenax.

It's still not easy to see the feet either. I have one which for all the world looked like E. tenax but after looking at many shots I took, I came to the conclusion it had to be E. pertinax, as I could see the orange feet well in one pic. From some angles I could see it was pregnant too, making the abdomen look fatter, and the thorax hairs were also paler than usual! The hind tibia did have some very pale area but I wasn't sure in some pics from the angle, and the sun as well as age can make a big difference so in the end it had to be the feet which told me, lol.

This is a female E. arbustorum with the said E. pertinax on 1st May. The mlae came in too with the female E. pertinax and he followed her to each flower she visited, lol! I think he was confused!