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Eristalis tenax - Hairy eyes Went back to the bunker where I had found the one below and decided to take a close-up to show the hairy eyes ...<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105398/eristalis_tenax_-_female_hibernating.html" title="Eristalis tenax - Female, hibernating"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105398_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=A1Lfasx2V3L8oB1DzBtfIRWK6vQ%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Eristalis tenax - Female, hibernating This lady was sitting on a wall inside the old German WW2 bunker &quot;Schlei&quot; on Schiemonnikoog.<br />
Two days later, I went back to the bunker for different reasons and decided to take a close-up to show the hairy eyes:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105526/eristalis_tenax_-_hairy_eyes.html Brachycera,Common Drone Fly,Eristalis,Eristalis tenax,Geotagged,Netherlands,Schiermonnikoog,Syrphidae,nl: Blinde bij" /></a></figure> Brachycera,Common Drone Fly,Eristalis,Eristalis tenax,Geotagged,Netherlands,Schiermonnikoog,Syrphidae,nl: Blinde bij Click/tap to enlarge

Eristalis tenax - Hairy eyes

Went back to the bunker where I had found the one below and decided to take a close-up to show the hairy eyes ...

Eristalis tenax - Female, hibernating This lady was sitting on a wall inside the old German WW2 bunker "Schlei" on Schiemonnikoog.<br />
Two days later, I went back to the bunker for different reasons and decided to take a close-up to show the hairy eyes:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105526/eristalis_tenax_-_hairy_eyes.html Brachycera,Common Drone Fly,Eristalis,Eristalis tenax,Geotagged,Netherlands,Schiermonnikoog,Syrphidae,nl: Blinde bij

    comments (2)

  1. Cool! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Christine, difficult to get the hairs visible halfway decent. Posted 4 years ago

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"Eristalis tenax" is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe and Australia. It has also been found in the Himalayas.

Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Dec 12, 2020. Captured in Prins Bernhardweg 6, 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.