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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus)
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Small fly with orange on the side - Eupeodes
Copyright © 2016 Dick Locke

Small fly with orange on the side - Eupeodes
near The Woodlands TX (North of Houston), Montgomery County, Texas, USA
December 17, 2016
Looks a lot like the Allograpta that was ID'd yesterday but I didn't see any orange on the side of the other guy. Thanks for ID help! That's a basil flower.

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Small fly with orange on the side - Eupeodes Small fly with orange on the side, otherwise similar to Allograpta - Eupeodes
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Contributed by Dick Locke on 17 December, 2016 - 11:03am
Last updated 18 December, 2016 - 7:58am

Thanks Ken & Bill!
Thanks Ken & Bill!
… Dick Locke, 18 December, 2016 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 December, 2016 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 December, 2016 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Not Allograpta. No yellow str
Not Allograpta. No yellow stripe or yellow posterior callus or white/yellow marks on pleurae. Could be Lapposyrphus but only safe in Syrphini as important wing venation can't be seen. The orange is just the pollen the fly has eaten and nothing to di with identification.
… Bill Dean, 17 December, 2016 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
Wing shot added
Thanks Bill. I added a shot showing some wing detail per your comment, in case that helps narrow things down.
… Dick Locke, 17 December, 2016 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
The R4+5 doesn't look dipped
The R4+5 doesn't look dipped ( seen in the other image ) and looking at the frons, we can probably say it is Eupeodes, subgenus Metasyrphus.
… Bill Dean, 17 December, 2016 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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