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

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wallaby1 wrote:
Another thing I have noticed with E. arbustorum is the legs always look quite hairy, where E. pertinax has bare looking legs. Yours look bare.

Here's one of mine from 2nd October, this is E. pertinax female! All it needed to look like yours was some distending of the abdomen.