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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Fly - Toxomerus geminatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Fly - Toxomerus geminatus - Male
Reed Turner Woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
May 17, 2007
Size: ~7mm
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 19 May, 2007 - 1:35pm
Last updated 6 September, 2007 - 3:44pm

Male
Geminatus, yes, and it is a male.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 September, 2007 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Toxomerus.
… Tom Bentley, 6 September, 2007 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Toxomerus geminatus
See:
… Ron Hemberger, 5 September, 2007 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops!
I meant geminatus, but it somehow came out politus ! dehctiws sgniht gnitteg peek I

=:(
… Chuck Entz, 6 September, 2007 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't have said it better.
And I've often said it germinatus (uber alles).
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2007 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Toxomerus, probably politus
No yellow margin on abdomen, and dark scutellum with yellow border.
… Chuck Entz, 19 May, 2007 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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