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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Transverse Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa)
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Transverse Flower Fly - Eristalis transversa - male
Copyright © 2009 Ted Kropiewnicki

Transverse Flower Fly - Eristalis transversa - Male
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: ~ 10 mm
On Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata).
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 23 June, 2009 - 9:32pm
Last updated 13 August, 2010 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalis. Thanks Ron!
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 13 August, 2010 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Transverse flower fly looks good to me.
Disclaimer: I'm not up on eastern species. Eristalis, definitely.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 June, 2009 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron!
Don't be so modest - you seem to know every Syrphid.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 25 June, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
*blush*
There are at least two eastern Eristalis species I've mucked up before, among other things.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 June, 2009 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
A year older and maybe smarter
It is a Transverse flower fly, Ted.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 August, 2010 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Three for three
Transverse Flower Fly and a year older for sure. As for being smarter, I should hope so - you had a whole year to learn something. :-)
Many thanks for getting back to this one!
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 14 August, 2010 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

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