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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-17-606000398 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Angus & David, On 30-Aug-06, at 9:04 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > Angus MacLean wrote: > >> >> Hopefully someone can name the family of this next (I think) Hover >> Fly. When I was searching the Net for a match, I came on a Hover >> Fly Society (for humans, not hover flies), British, I believe. >> (This individual could be a Drone Fly although I think I can >> detect the spurious vein in the wing. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/228628774/in/photostream/ >> > Hi Angus & All, Aug 30, 2006 > Great shot. > Your second picture is, as you indicate, a Hover Fly (Syrphidae) > and resembles my A325 that I have tentatively keyed to Eristalinae; > Eristalis (Eoseristalis). As far as I can take it with Nearctic > Diptera. It's a toss up: there are two possibilities: Eristalis tenax Linnaeus http://www.museums.org.za/bio/insects/flies/syrphidae/images/ eristalis_x.jpg http://www.uknature.co.uk/E.Tenax.jpg Helophilus borealis Staeg Both are common species in Nova Scotia. Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-17-606000398 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Angus & = David,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 30-Aug-06, at 9:04 AM, David & Alison = Webster wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Angus MacLean wrote:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hopefully someone can name the family of this next = (I think) Hover Fly. When I was searching the Net for a match, I came on = a Hover Fly Society (for humans, not hover flies), British, I believe. = (This individual could be a Drone Fly although I think I can detect the = spurious vein in the wing.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/228628774/in/photostream= /">http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/228628774/in/photostream/</A>= </DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Angus & All,<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </SPAN>Aug 30, = 2006</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>Great shot.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 = </SPAN>Your second picture is, as you indicate, a Hover Fly (Syrphidae) = and resembles my A325 that I have tentatively keyed to Eristalinae; = Eristalis (Eoseristalis). As far as I can take it with Nearctic = Diptera.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It's a toss up: there are = two possibilities:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Eristalis tenax</I> = Linnaeus</SPAN></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.museums.org.za/bio/insects/flies/syrphidae/images/erist= alis_x.jpg">http://www.museums.org.za/bio/insects/flies/syrphidae/images/e= ristalis_x.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.uknature.co.uk/E.Tenax.jpg">http://www.uknature.co.uk/E= .Tenax.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Helophilus borealis</I> = Staeg</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Both are common species in = Nova Scotia.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><DIV> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-17-606000398--