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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Copestylum apiciferum
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Can this Copestylum get to species? - Copestylum apiciferum - female
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Can this Copestylum get to species? - Copestylum apiciferum - Female
Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
October 10, 2008

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 13 October, 2008 - 10:40am
Last updated 20 October, 2008 - 7:45pm

Very distinct looking fly indeed!
I observed a female of this sp. a couple of days ago in the Anza Borrego. A good sized fly, 14-15mm! Might post a photo later.
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 March, 2010 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
Go get her, Hartmut!
We do have an expert on these visiting from time to time.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 March, 2010 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 October, 2008 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 October, 2008 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Have you tried the UCR collection?
Ron, I forget, have you tried comparing your images with specimens at the UC Riverside collection? Might get some IDs pretty quickly that way....
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 October, 2008 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gerard and Eric.
I now have something very concrete to work with.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 October, 2008 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Well
It looks like a female Copestylum apiciferum!
But I have to say there's a lot of Copestylum out there, so lookalikes are possible!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 13 October, 2008 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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