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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Eupeodes (Eupeodes subgenus Eupeodes) » Bird Hover Fly (Eupeodes volucris)
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Eupeodes? - Eupeodes volucris
Copyright © 2015 Steven Mlodinow

Eupeodes? - Eupeodes volucris
Crow Valley Campground near Briggsdale, Weld County, Colorado, USA
September 28, 2015
Size: 7 mm or so
drying pool with willows and russian olives in vicinity, surrounded by shortgrass prairie
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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 1 October, 2015 - 12:40pm
Last updated 1 October, 2015 - 2:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 1 October, 2015 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Female!
She looks just like these red legged female Eupeodes volucris.
California: ♀ Here is one from your state: ♀ Good Luck!
FYI - The info tab says that the female's stripes are more white, but her's seem to fit with the others.
How do you rule out Lapposyrphus? I'm not sure yet, sorry. Possibly the bright line on the scutellum?:
♀ it's missing in this image.
… Bob Biagi, 1 October, 2015 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Eupeodes. You can tell
Yes, Eupeodes. You can tell it from Lapposyrphus by looking at the wing veination - compare this fly to



and check out this page for a detailed picture.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 1 October, 2015 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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