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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Eristalis dimidiata
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What Kind of Fly? - Eristalis dimidiata
Copyright © 2009 Don Patterson

What Kind of Fly? - Eristalis dimidiata
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
September 20, 2009
On Eupatorium. Plant moving in wind; camera-shy subject; these are the best images I could get, but I'm hoping the abdominal patterning is distinctive enough that someone who knows more than I do can ID this individual.

Male flower fly? I'm thinking the gold-and-black pattern says Syrphid. Robust shape and white stripes say ... Eristalis? Palpada? Something entirely different?

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What Kind of Fly? - Eristalis dimidiata What Kind of Fly? - Eristalis dimidiata
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Contributed by Don Patterson on 21 September, 2009 - 1:49am
Last updated 21 September, 2009 - 7:48pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Don Patterson, 21 September, 2009 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid
A non-expert ID - Looks like Eristalis dimidiata. Cheers, Sandy Spitalnik
… Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik, 21 September, 2009 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

 
A second opinion from another non-expert.
Sandy's nailed it.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 September, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
That makes three of us
Perfect match. Thanks, Sandy and Ron.
… Don Patterson, 21 September, 2009 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

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