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Chalcosyrphus sp.? - Chalcosyrphus
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Chalcosyrphus sp.? - Chalcosyrphus
Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne County, California, USA
March 26, 2008
Size: 1.5 cm
This large-ish fly was visiting our picnic table in Yosemite. At first I thought it was a horse fly, but now I'm wondering about one of the Chalcosyrphus hoverflies after looking at images in BG...

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 27 March, 2008 - 6:24pm
Last updated 2 April, 2008 - 11:39am

Probably right
I also think that it is a Chalcosyrphus sp.. Look like C. pigra to me, but since I don't know the hover flies of California, I can be wrong.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 28 March, 2008 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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