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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Copestylum haagii
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Syrphid - Copestylum haagii - male
Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Syrphid - Copestylum haagii - Male
Angeles Crest, ~7000 ft., San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 11, 2005
Seems to be a male Syrphid on Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Rabbitbrush), but not Eristalis.
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 13 September, 2005 - 10:18pm
Last updated 7 November, 2006 - 5:46pm

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 7 November, 2006 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin!
strangely, I just looked at this and some of my other Copestylum images.
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 November, 2006 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
yep, one of these coincidence
yep, one of these coincidences. It is one of my favorite genera...really nice flies... but in the Neotropics they go wild and have easily 300 species!
… Martin Hauser, 7 November, 2006 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Copestylum sp., male
Hello Hartmut,
Also a member of the genus Copestylum, but this time it is a male!
Could be the male that belongs to the female you already posted, but not necessarily!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 14 September, 2005 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gerard
Fascinating to know that at least (the few hours I spend up there certainly don't display the full picture!) one other species of Copestylum frequents the Angeles Crest area.
This prompted me to post an image of a male C. mexicana (#31548), as well as what I believe to be a female C. mexicana (#31549, 31550), both photographed this July.
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 September, 2005 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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