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Large Syrphid Fly - Scaeva pyrastri - male

Large Syrphid Fly - Scaeva pyrastri - Male
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 2, 2008
This fly was larger and more robust than the other syrphid flies I saw in the desert.

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Moved from Syrphid Flies.

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A male Scaeva pyrastri!
Greetings

I would lean for Scaeva sp. ...
But some members of other Syrphini genera, mainly Eupeodes, are very similar.

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