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syrphid on aster - Helophilus
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syrphid on aster - Helophilus
Larkin's Overlook, Yellow River State Forest, Harper's Ferry, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: ~1 cm
Lone individual visiting flowerheads of aromatic aster (Aster oblongifolius) in rocky prairie opening on forested bluff. Helophilus?

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Contributed by John Pearson on 25 September, 2009 - 7:26pm
Last updated 26 September, 2009 - 6:43pm

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Helophilus sp.
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