Toxomerus geminatus? - Toxomerus boscii

Moved

… Martin Hauser, 11 November, 2009 - 10:58pm

And now, for something entirely different...

Wonderful, Martin!

… Ron Hemberger, 11 November, 2009 - 11:02pm

Ok got this one! The main ch

Ok got this one! The main characters are: the yellow stripe on the mesonotum is not very thick and the hind femur has a black ring. Also the abdomen has a typical coloration...

… Martin Hauser, 11 November, 2009 - 11:05pm

Looks to me like

this

… johnnyn, 29 March, 2009 - 2:43pm

It's a bit oddly marked, but I think you're right.

Hope you get an expert ID on this one. It doesn't look like the other Toxomerus species to me.

… Ron Hemberger, 30 March, 2009 - 12:34pm

Thank You

I added a second image and have one more frontal side shot but I
thought that the topside image would probably get an Id. Thanks again.

… johnnyn, 30 March, 2009 - 12:41pm

Way to go.

Yep, top-down is the single best syrphid shot for ID purposes. Frontal shots are good to determine gender - eyes touching at the top says "It's a boy!"

… Ron Hemberger, 30 March, 2009 - 1:09pm

A second opinion - Toxomerus geminatus for sure

The other candidate - Toxomerus marginatus - has a dot centered on the south end of the abdomen.

… Ron Hemberger, 5 November, 2009 - 10:47pm

I am sure this is none of the

I am sure this is none of the species we have in bugguide so far. There are several more Toxomerus in the South and especially in Florida, and I should really work on them a bit more....

… Martin Hauser, 10 November, 2009 - 8:00pm

Ah, I knew about Florida, but figured they stopped at the border

Naive me! I will be more cautious and less absolute in nearby states. There is at least one Florida fly marked like this one:

And possibly another:

… Ron Hemberger, 10 November, 2009 - 10:25pm