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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus
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Syrphid fly grooming itself - Syrphus
Copyright © 2009 Pam Phillips

Syrphid fly grooming itself - Syrphus
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 19, 2009
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Contributed by Pam Phillips on 19 September, 2009 - 12:11pm
Last updated 5 December, 2010 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
It always amazes me how nimble their legs are; same thing with bees and wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 December, 2010 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Pam Phillips, 25 September, 2009 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Pam Phillips, 25 September, 2009 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

 
Syrphini would be fine for this one.
I'll try to be clearer and more definitive in future comments. Keep those syrphids coming!
… Ron Hemberger, 25 September, 2009 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Pam Phillips, 23 September, 2009 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

Tribe Syrphini
Looks like Syrphus sp., but I'm uncertain. Do you have a view from the side, showing if the abdomen has the wrap-around stripes which would confirm Syrphus?
… Ron Hemberger, 19 September, 2009 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

 
On second look: Yes, it's Syrphus.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 December, 2010 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
It flew off before I could get closer.
… Pam Phillips, 19 September, 2009 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

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