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Flower Fly
Copyright © 2006 Bates and Josephine Littlehales

Flower Fly
Elk Mountain (at 4100'), Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
July 15, 2006
Size: small
on bush honeysuckle
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Contributed by Bates and Josephine Littlehales on 12 February, 2008 - 7:29am
Last updated 12 July, 2008 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalini.
Wrong subfamily.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 July, 2008 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but looks a lot like a female Eristalis transversa - see here:

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Hopefully an expert will comment...
… Ken Schneider, 4 March, 2008 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Venation
Wing venation suggests different species, perhaps genus Eupeodes as it has a shiny thorax. But I will also wait for an expert.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 5 March, 2008 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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