tiny fly - Toxomerus geminatus

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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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Copyright © 2015 Eudora Watson

tiny fly - Toxomerus geminatus

Canton, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
July 29, 2015
Size: tiny

I considered posting this to 'flies' but not knowing how common sightings of this one are in NYS, I wasn't sure how to make that judgment.

Also, just when I start to feel like I know some caterpillars, what I start coming across is spiders, and once I start studying spiders I start coming across a lot of insects interested in flowers. I'm pretty sure, based on the "one pair of normal wings" that this is a fly, and I've spent my 20 minutes browsing flies here, and I've not yet seen one that comes close to this little critter that in some shots looks like something a Disney artist sketched. It was one of many various flyers that were hanging out in the bee balm last week.

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Contributed by Eudora Watson on 6 August, 2015 - 8:34pm
Last updated 7 August, 2015 - 6:51am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 7 August, 2015 - 6:51am

Common

These are common flies. They are overlooked because they are small. Larvae eat aphids and other plant-eating soft-bodied insects.

… John F. Carr, 7 August, 2015 - 6:50am

common flies

Thanks very much for this information.

… Eudora Watson, 9 August, 2015 - 1:46pm

A Syrphid Fly

Looks like Toxomerus geminatus

Edit: Ken beat me to it

… John Rosenfeld, 6 August, 2015 - 8:40pm

Toxomerus geminatus

… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 August, 2015 - 8:39pm

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