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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Sericomyiini » Somula » Somula decora
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syrphid fly - Somula decora
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

syrphid fly - Somula decora
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 15, 2009
Size: 14.5mm
I don't think I've seen one with this pattern, and hairy before.

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 June, 2009 - 6:52pm
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 6:06pm

Thanks Gerard
I was hoping to get a name for this beautiful Syrphid.
… tom murray, 2 July, 2009 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Somula decora!
Is the name of this syrphid.
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 2 July, 2009 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

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