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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Pipizinae » Pipiza
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Small Black Syrphid - Pipiza
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Hart

Small Black Syrphid - Pipiza
Sequim, Dungeness Wildlife Reserve, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 6, 2008
Size: ~ 5mm
I saw several of these small, black syrphids, mostly on Nootka rose flowers.
Didn't see any small, all black syrphids in a scan through syrphids on bugguide.

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 7 June, 2008 - 1:46pm
Last updated 10 June, 2008 - 9:31pm

Beautiful
Fly
Setting
Shots
… Ron Hemberger, 7 June, 2008 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It's hard to beat wild roses, relatively flat, with pink petals and cream yellow centers. A few drops of morning rain doesn't hurt.

And with syrphids, I've learned to work for a shot with the lens at right angles to the plane of the wint.
… Stephen Hart, 7 June, 2008 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Wing venation
Great shots and by wing venation and overall shape and size it looks like a female Pipiza.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 10 June, 2008 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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