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hover fly - Melangyna
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

hover fly - Melangyna
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
June 4, 2005
Contributed by tom murray on 6 June, 2005 - 7:22pm
Last updated 7 June, 2005 - 5:57am

Melangyna?
Looks remarably like Melangyna cincta I know from Europe (albeit darker). Maybe this or one of the related species.

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 7 June, 2005 - 3:24am

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