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Soldier Fly on Black-Eyed Susan - Hedriodiscus binotatus - male
Copyright © 1991 Stephen Cresswell

Soldier Fly on Black-Eyed Susan - Hedriodiscus binotatus - Male
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
July 14, 1991
Another view of the Soldier Fly on Black-Eyed Susan. Genus?
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 27 April, 2005 - 5:52pm
Last updated 26 May, 2006 - 4:32pm

Hedriodiscus binotatus (Loew)
This seems is Hedriodiscus binotatus (Loew). However, the species is not known from the Mid-Atlantic states, so I am wondering if the image was taken in the western U.S.
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
No, not western
No, this was definitely taken here in West Virginia, only a hundred paces from my door, in fact, in a large meadow of Black-Eyed Susan.

Date 7/14/1991, Upshur County, WV, on Kodachrome 64.

I'll keep an eye out for these this year.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 24 May, 2006 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Two sexes?
Are you sure that these two are the same specimen? This one looks like a male and the other a female.
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 June, 2005 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure, no!
Given the 1991 photo date, no I'm not sure of much! But you're right about the two genders, so I am "unlinking" the two pictures.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 30 June, 2005 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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