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Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax - male
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax - Male
Elk Rock Wildlife Area, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: ~12 mm
Large, robust, honeybee-like syrphid fly attracted to fatty drippings of fish bait set in trapper's box trap for raccoon along rocky, wooded shoreline of Red Rock Reservoir. Male?

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Contributed by John Pearson on 7 November, 2009 - 8:30pm
Last updated 22 November, 2009 - 9:10pm

Yes, it's a male. (Eyes touch.)
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… Ron Hemberger, 22 November, 2009 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

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