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Is this Xylotini again?
Copyright © 2008 john and jane balaban

Is this Xylotini again?
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 14, 2008
Size: ~9mm
Resting on a leaf in an oak hickory woodland.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 June, 2008 - 9:51pm
Last updated 18 June, 2008 - 9:06pm

Yes it is.
Something like Xylota or Chalcosyrphus.
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 17 June, 2008 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Is there something we can photograph
to allow you to separate those? Or is it just not possible with a photograph? We tried to get a dorsal shot for the wing venation but as soon as we moved, so did he!
… john and jane balaban, 17 June, 2008 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

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