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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Toxomerini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus occidentalis
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Toxomerus of some kind - Toxomerus occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Toxomerus of some kind - Toxomerus occidentalis - Female
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 15, 2008
Size: ~10mm
Found this guy in our garden today, but the link (http://bugguide.net/node/view/72726) to the Toxomerus key on this site currently takes me to a blank page. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 15 February, 2008 - 8:20pm
Last updated 20 November, 2009 - 1:24am

Toxomerus occidentalis
Female with broad abdomen and extended ovipositor.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 15 February, 2008 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

Key
Linked to on Toxomerus info page
http://bugguide.net/node/view/144390
… John R. Maxwell, 15 February, 2008 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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