Help with Hovers Id Please! (1 Viewer)

[michael23]

HI everyone, just wondering if you could help with the id of these Hoverflies please. Also does anyone know what the Black Fly is? It was tiny!

Heres a link to my flickr set, I believe I have 2 sp of Hoverflys Thanks in advance for the help :t:

 

[michael23]

anyone able to help?

 

[tystie]

Not sure but first one looks like a Sun fly of some sort the other Tachinid Fly poss Exorista rustica or Lypha dubia

worth checking here .... http://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19427

 

[Matt Prince]

To be honest Michael - I was put off by having to look at a flickr set - some forms of personal storage are banned at work - easier to see them if they are attached in line.

Fortunately I can see your set :-

Episyrphus balteatus or marmalade fly is the small narrow bodied species with the narrow black lines across its abdomen segments.

The other fly *might be* syrphus ribesii, its a female with the typical syrphus style moustache band markings, with clear yellow rear femur, typically these flies need to be determined with a hand lens - unless you can get a picture showing the hairs on the upper surface of the (infamous) squama...

Can't say much about the other fly, its pretty bristly, so I'm guessing a tachnid.

Good crisp shots anyhow.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[michael23]

Thanks very much for the replies, been having computer issues, so was unable to attach to my op.
Here they are attached here
Edit, so the 1st 2 are Marmalade fly.