Orange-spined Drone Fly

Eristalis nemorum is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palearctic (Fennoscandia South to Iberia, the Balkans and Italy, Ireland eastwards through Central Europe into Turkey and Russia and on into the Russian Far East, Siberia and Japan) and in the Nearctic (Quebec south to Colorado).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Orange-spined Drone Fly being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Eristalis jugorum
• Eristalis pseudorupium
• Eristalis abusiva
• Eristalis similis
• Eristalis horticola
• Eristalis obscura

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Eristalis

Species

Eristalis nemorum

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