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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Pseudodoros » Pseudodoros clavatus
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Pseudodoros Clavatus - Pseudodoros clavatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Kenneth Dwain Harrelson

Pseudodoros Clavatus - Pseudodoros clavatus - Male
Norris City, White County, Illinois, USA
November 12, 2007
Size: Approx. 1/2 in. long
The flower this insect was on was about the size of a nickel, so you can tell just how small it actually was. It kind of resembled a wasp, but there were a lot of different types of flies out on these flowers, so I'm assuming it's a fly of some kind. Does anybody recognize it?
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Contributed by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson on 12 November, 2007 - 4:56pm
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 3:44pm

Syrphini
There are a couple of genera of Syrphini which are that slender. Sorry that I don't know more.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 November, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Pseudodoros clavatus, it is.
Nice find, Kenny! (Nice shot, too.)
… Ron Hemberger, 12 November, 2007 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for everybody's help!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 12 November, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

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