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Old 14-09-2008, 04:53 PM
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Hoverfly frass?
Before I go on, is hoverfly poo also called frass?

I noticed this hoverfly this afternoon as I was focusing the camera on it, he lifted his tail and deposited this little yellow egg thing or maybe its poo - I don't know?




(ignore this next bit! I have renamed the image correctly - sorry chaps!)

Another little point - when I went to get Latin name I saw it had 2 different ones, Eristalis interrupta (Poda,1761) Eristalis nemorum auct nec (Linnaeus 1758) which should I use for the key words? (Bet I've plumped for the wrong one )
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Old 14-09-2008, 06:25 PM
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Its Eristalis tenax, im not to sure about the yellow thing though, this species lay their eggs in water.
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Old 14-09-2008, 08:06 PM
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Its Eristalis tenax, im not to sure about the yellow thing though, this species lay their eggs in water.
DOH! I was so sure about the ID aswell . Thanks H
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