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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Genera of Flower (syrphid) Flies. This is quite extensive, and allows one to identify some distinctive syrphid genera easily.
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/diptera.htm