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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini
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Syrphid Fly (Syrphidae) - male
Copyright © 2007 Jonathan Burishkin

Syrphid Fly (Syrphidae) - Male
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
April 25, 2007
Found in daytime.
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 26 April, 2007 - 10:30am
Last updated 1 October, 2014 - 6:34am

Looks like the eyes have hair
Looks like the eyes have hairs. Could this be Syrphus torvus.
… Bill Dean, 4 August, 2017 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 1 October, 2014 - 6:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eristalini.
… Martin Hauser, 21 January, 2013 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

I do not see the dip in the 3
I do not see the dip in the 3rd vein, It looks like Parasyrphus to me...
… Martin Hauser, 21 January, 2013 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 June, 2010 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Just emerged!
This fly just recently emerged from its pupal case, hence the cloudy wings and 'soft' colors. Retaining in guide on family page.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 January, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah ha!
Knowing that and gaining some experience in the intervening years, I say - semi-confidently - Heliophilus. (Note stripes on thorax.) Oh, and it's a male.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 January, 2009 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

That is one odd beast!
Colors look quite strange, as do the wings. I'm thinking this is a one-off. Check out these:

Eristalis

Helophilus
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2007 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Tribe Eristalini
Covers both prime candidates and is a good place for this post; I lean to Helophilus. (I also checked Parhelophilus this time around and ruled it out due to color of face.)
… Ron Hemberger, 2 June, 2010 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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