Big Headed Lagoon Fly

Description: Cheelong Chaiyaphum Thailand. Date: 8 February 2014, 10:03. Source: Eristalinus megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794) Eye-spotted Hoverfly. Author: Len Worthington. Camera location15° 45′ 52.2″ N, 101° 57′ 29.48″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 15.764501; 101.958189.

Description: English: Eristalinus megacephalus - Hoverfly - Family Syrphidae at Satara, Maharashtra, India. Date: 18 June 2011, 15:43:42. Source: Own work. Author: Milind Bhakare.

Description: Eristalinus megacephalus. Els Poblets, Alicante, Spain. Date: 5 November 2014, 14:30. Source: Fancy-eyed Syrphid. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location38° 51′ 48.37″ N, 0° 00′ 29.01″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.863436; 0.008057.

Description: Eristalinus megacephalus. Els Poblets, Alicante, Spain. Date: 5 November 2014, 14:27. Source: Fancy-eyed Syrphid. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location38° 51′ 48.37″ N, 0° 00′ 29.01″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.863436; 0.008057.

Description: English: Eristalinus megacephalus It has a black abdomen and golden horizonal stripes larger in males. It has a black thorax, legs with black tips, transparent, flexible wings, a large head and golden compound eyes with pale purple spots. Being about 8–11 mm long, it is a good pollinator. Date: 18 February 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Deepugn. Camera location9° 30′ 33.05″ N, 76° 43′ 25.62″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth 9.509180; 76.723784. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.

Description: Cheelong Chaiyaphum Thailand. Date: 8 February 2014, 10:04. Source: Eristalinus megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794) Eye-spotted Hoverfly. Author: Len Worthington. Camera location15° 45′ 52.2″ N, 101° 57′ 29.48″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 15.764501; 101.958189.

Description: English: Desi Badam Terminalia catappa in Hyderabad , India. Date: 27/9/08. Source: Own work. Author: J.M.Garg.

Description: English: Desi Badam Terminalia catappa in Hyderabad , India. Date: 27/9/08. Source: Own work. Author: J.M.Garg.

Description: Ebro delta, Catalunya, Spain. Date: 21 June 2015, 12:19. Source: Eristalinus sepulchralis. Author: S. Rae from Scotland, UK. Camera location40° 40′ 31.08″ N, 0° 45′ 42.84″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 40.675300; 0.761901.

Description: English: Fly with yellow spotted eyes. Date: 24 August 2014, 10:25:27. Source: Own work. Author: Mika.andrianoelison.

Description: English: Desi Badam Terminalia catappa in Hyderabad , India. Date: 27/9/08. Source: Own work. Author: J.M.Garg.

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Description: English: Eristalinus megacephalus - Hoverfly - Family Syrphidae at Satara, Maharashtra, India. Date: 18 June 2011, 15:44:24. Source: Own work. Author: Milind Bhakare.

Most species of Eristalinus have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding. They are stout flies, and are nibble flyers, even compared to other hoverfly species.L: 8-11 mmbiology: nimble flyers, good pollinators, it uses Batesian mimicry to look like hymenopteran bees and scare away predators; rarest species of the genus (common but not abundant)geschickte Flieger; wichtiger Bestuber, der Bates' sche Mimikry einsetzt, um Feinde abzuschrecken; seltenste Art der Gattung (verbreitet, aber nicht hufig).Distribution: a global species [Wikipedia]: South Africa, Egypt, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, India, Java, Guam, Southern Spain, Turkey, North Africa, Iran, and coastal parts of Italy Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaInfraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera Schiner, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 18191 (hoverflies or flower flies?, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Eristalinae NEWMAN, 1834Tribus: Eristalini Newman, 1834Genus: Eristalinus RONDANI, 1845Subgenus: Lathyrophthalmus MIK, 1897Eristalinus megacephalus ROSSI, 1794more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalinus_megacephalusIndonesia, W-Java, 10 km S Tangerang: vic. Serpong (Kampung garden), 45m asl., 11.12.2010(Img_7820)

mbavna, Maharashtra, India

Puebla del Ro, La, Andalusia, Spain

Puebla del Ro, La, Andalusia, Spain

Malo, Veneto, Italy

Ampandrana Est, Antananarivo, Madagascar

L: 8-11 mmbiology: nimble flyers, good pollinators, it uses Batesian mimicry to look like hymenopteran bees and scare away predators; rarest species of the genus (common but not abundant)geschickte Flieger; wichtiger Bestuber, der Bates' sche Mimikry einsetzt, um Feinde abzuschrecken; seltenste Art der Gattung (verbreitet, aber nicht hufig).Distribution: a global species [Wikipedia]: South Africa, Egypt, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, India, Java, Guam, Southern Spain, Turkey, North Africa, Iran, and coastal parts of Italy Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaInfraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera Schiner, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae Samouelle, 18191 (hoverflies or flower flies?, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Eristalinae Newman, 1834Tribus: Eristalini Newman, 1834Genus: Eristalinus RONDANI, 1845Subgenus: Lathyrophthalmus MIK, 1897Eristalinus megacephalus ROSSI, 1794Indonesia, W-Java, BSD-Kampung, ca. 40-50m asl., 20.03.2011IMG_0241