JJS-020220-10_020220_1
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Eristalis tenax
20 February 2002
Diptera, Syrphidae, bee mimicking hover fly, probably Eristalis tenax (in Crowe 1999).
E. tenax is a European fly with dung eating maggots that have a telescopic breathing tube (hence the name, rat-tailed maggots).
On flowers of ragwort, Senecio jacobaea (Asteraceae)
Mt. Richmond, Otahuhu, Auckland (with Chris Winks)
JJS-020220-10_020220_1
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Eristalis tenax
20 February 2002
Diptera, Syrphidae, bee mimicking hover fly, probably Eristalis tenax (in Crowe 1999).
E. tenax is a European fly with dung eating maggots that have a telescopic breathing tube (hence the name, rat-tailed maggots).
On flowers of ragwort, Senecio jacobaea (Asteraceae)
Mt. Richmond, Otahuhu, Auckland (with Chris Winks)