Eristalis pertinax
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| Eristalis pertinax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Eristalis |
| Subgenus: | Eoseristalis |
| Species: | E. pertinax |
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| Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli, 1763) |
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Eristalis pertinax is a European hoverfly, also known as the drone fly. Like Eristalis tenax, the larva of E. pertinax is a rat-tailed maggot and lives in drainage ditches, pools around manure piles, sewage, and similar places containing water badly polluted with organic matter.
[edit] References
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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