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Hoverfly

Eristalinus taeniops

Description:

This striped eye fly tries to mimic a bee

Habitat:

atlantic rain forest

Notes:

found at my garden

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5 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 13 years ago

Eduardo... your spotting should be recorded for distribution of Genus- Eristalinus
Hope Project Noah team looks into this spotting carefully..!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 13 years ago

Wow... you got...please update..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalinus...

EduardoFrick
EduardoFrick 13 years ago

Thanks AshishNimkar, found the cientific name Eristalinus taeniops

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 13 years ago

Yes... Great shots... nice presentation...I feels its a kind of Hoverfly...!!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 13 years ago

Great photos!

EduardoFrick
Spotted by
EduardoFrick

Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Aug 24, 2011
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011

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