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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 16, 2007

This fly doesn't look familiar to me. What could it be ?
Thanks!

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 16, 2007

another view;

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 16, 2007

I think it's genus Eristalis, maybe E. arbustorum or interrupta

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 17, 2007

Most likely Eristlais arbustorum/ E. interrupta has just a small dot on the wing at the edge where the dark vein meets with a dark patch on this one, otherwise they are much the same.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 17, 2007

Thank you Claypa and Wallaby!

wallaby, I noticed that in your pictures in the BF the fly looks identical except that the yellow mark under the thorax is clearer and better defined in yours than in mine. But I suppose that could be a light variation.
So I'll consider this as solved.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 17, 2007

The yellow marks do tend to vary, I have E. interrupta too but have only recently sorted some of them.

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