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Syrphid Fly - Eupeodes - female
Copyright © 2005 gehan gehale

Syrphid Fly - Eupeodes - Female
Indianapolis, IN
Under light at rest stop at night.. I looked up some info on Syrphid Flies and have come up with Metasyrphus medius or something in the Genus Eupeodes.

If anyone could provide any info or a syrphid key that would be much help..
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Contributed by gehan gehale on 25 September, 2005 - 2:04pm
Last updated 10 November, 2005 - 5:22pm

Eupeodes female
Hello Gehan,
I agree with you on the fact that this is a female of Eupeodes sp.
A key for identifying syrphids is only useful if you collect the specimens. From a picture it is in a lot of cases simply impossible to identify it to species or even to genus. There are usually not enough characters visible!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 20 October, 2005 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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