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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Sericomyiini » Sericomyia » Sericomyia militaris
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Syrphidae 01 - Sericomyia militaris - female
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Syrphidae 01 - Sericomyia militaris - Female
Nazco area, Cariboo Region, British Columbia, Canada
September 5, 2008
Size: ~2.2cm
Resting on a cobble in a gravel quarry in the Nazco area
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 15 September, 2008 - 4:42pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Sericomyia. See Canadian National Collection, Sericomyia images plate 1.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 19 September, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Karl Volkman, 30 September, 2008 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Agree
Sericomyia for sure, and probably militaris.
I'm not aware if there are other species that look like militaris, as I don't know them all!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 30 September, 2008 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Not an ID -
but resembles our images of Sericomyia militaris - please wait for an expert to comment, though...

… Ken Schneider, 16 September, 2008 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

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