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Is this Helophilus? - Helophilus fasciatus - female

Is this Helophilus? - Helophilus fasciatus - Female
Somme Prairie Nature Preserve, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 3, 2005
Size: ~12mm
We saw a number of these syrphids, all were nectaring on Bidens frondosa.

Moved
Moved from Helophilus.

There are two different spe
There are two different specimens here. This a FEMALE Helophilus fasciatus.
The other is a male.

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