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Hover fly or wasp?
Copyright © 2005 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Hover fly or wasp?
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 24, 2005
Size: 1/4 inch approx
This is similar to what my daughter caught and was stung by except the one she caught was about 1/2 as big (see my forum question) and the abdomen was more rounded-not-sort of flat like this.

This particular one is a fly right? What do think she grabbed?

Jo
BTW-my daughter (14) is not so keen on hand-catching anything that looks like this now.
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 26 September, 2005 - 11:44pm
Last updated 20 June, 2006 - 9:26am

Fly
Those huge eyes and big sucking mouthpart can only belong to a fly. Bees and wasps have skinny tongues and pinching mandibles like a beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 27 September, 2005 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

 
I thought so-but I wanted to
I thought so-but I wanted to be sure. So this isn't what stung her.

Thanks

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 27 September, 2005 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphinae
A difficult family, but at least I can move it to the subfamily level: Syrphinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 20 June, 2006 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
I will go through all my phot
I will go through all my photos here and move all the IDed ones to the right page-or as close as I can get-like you did here ^_^

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 20 June, 2006 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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