Syrphid fly - Toxomerus geminatus

I had discounted that option because I thought I saw a yellow margin around the abdomen. But I guess I'm just looking at the bottom half of the abdomen?

… Rob Broekhuis, 6 August, 2009 - 8:35pm

Pattern - tough to describe - and abdomen shape...

...are better ways to define this species. I think of the pattern as having a "keyhole". (Note that the similar T. marginatus typically has a centered dot toward the far end of the abdomen.)

… Ron Hemberger, 7 August, 2009 - 1:41am

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