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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 483 No. 483 |

Tapered Drone Fly
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax) – species of family “Hover Flies“

Eristalis pertinax is a European hoverfly. 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.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Night at the farmhouse“ The human world is exciting and Hugo's curiosity is simply too great, so every night he sets off on an adventure and risks everything.

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Night at the farmhouse

„Tapered Drone Fly“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily