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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Syrphid Fly - Toxomerus geminatus
Copyright © 2008 Jim Bliss

Syrphid Fly - Toxomerus geminatus
Fairport, Monroe County, New York, USA
July 16, 2008
Size: 8-9 mm
Lots of these in along a field edge. What species?
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Contributed by Jim Bliss on 20 July, 2008 - 7:06am
Last updated 6 January, 2009 - 3:27pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 January, 2009 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

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

Toxomerus
I think. Maybe T. marginatus.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 20 July, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Genus is good
Species is geminatus.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 July, 2008 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ron.
I usually confuse the two species.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 20 July, 2008 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
We need a vocabulary.
I call the central pattern on the abdomen a "keyhole". See if that helps, Jon.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 July, 2008 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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