Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Can I be sure this is an Eristalis arbustorum female?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Now here is one with the male E. arbustorum, and the hind leg on E. pertinax from this angle looks all dark but it just isn't showing it.

One thing I have noticed is the more 'closeness' of the eyes of the female E. arbustorum than yours has, the distance between the eyes of E. pertinax looks much bigger, and it does have that dark black-tawny lot of hairs at the top between the eyes. That is making me lean very much towards E. pertinax!