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Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus alopex

Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus alopex
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
April 5, 2007
Size: approx 15mm
Not good pictures, but I hope it can be at least ID'd to Genus. It looks like the Laphria in the guide, but the darker brown hair on the thorax is different. When I found it, it was looking into nooks and crannies, even crawling into some, and spent lots of time hovering next to a few spiderwebs. I wonder if it was hunting spiders? The abdomen was very shiny, and I left when it started to investigate me rather closely. (I didn't know if I was bothering it, or if it was just attracted to my dark clothes).

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Moved
Moved from Criorhina alopex.

Moved
Moved from Hadromyia grandis.

P. thoracica is only an East
P. thoracica is only an East Coast species.... My guess woulbe be Hardromyia...

 
Ok changed my mind again.....
Ok changed my mind again.....but this time I am more certain!

Moved
Moved from Pterallastes.

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Moved from Robber Flies.

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