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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Yellow-spotted Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum avidum)
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Unknown Fly - Copestylum avidum
Copyright © 2008 sanka

Unknown Fly - Copestylum avidum
San Antonio, TX, Bexar County, Texas, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: 1/2"
Unknown fly on a flower.

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Unknown Fly - Copestylum avidum Unknown Fly - Copestylum avidum
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Contributed by sanka on 19 July, 2008 - 10:46pm
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 1:22pm

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 1 March, 2015 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 January, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 7 August, 2008 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

It's a syrphid.
(After the bee fly debacle, that's as far as I'm going.)

Crop these tighter for quicker, more accurate IDs.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2008 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Huh?
Don't know about the "bee fly debacle..." :-) You are right about this one, and I'll add it is of the genus Copestylum.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 July, 2008 - 3:55am login or register to post comments

 
I suggested a genus and ruled out a species.
See:


Next thing I know, my non-ID ends up on the poster's flickr page. I don't want to contribute in any way to the perpetuation of inaccurate identification.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 July, 2008 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

...
...duplicated...
… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2008 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

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