Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - BugGuide.Net

Moved

Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 November, 2023 - 8:32am

Syrphus .... female.The hin

Syrphus .... female.
The hind femur is orange but there could possibly some black on the dorsal surface. So Syrphus rectus or ribesii.
Safe in Syrphus.

… Bill Dean, 20 November, 2023 - 8:32pm

Moved

Moved from Syrphini.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 17 January, 2016 - 3:21pm

Moved

Moved from Eupeodes.

… Martin Hauser, 30 December, 2014 - 7:13pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Aubrey Scott, 10 December, 2009 - 1:25pm

Thanks guys!

Thanks for the helpful info on this fly, but especially for the great entertainment!

… Aubrey Scott, 10 December, 2009 - 1:20pm

We do anniversary parties, weddings, and bar mitzvas.

Rates on request. Email Robert.

… Ron Hemberger, 10 December, 2009 - 1:50pm

Separate Shipping

You just have to pay separate shipping & handling

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 December, 2009 - 2:07pm

separate

separate shipping and handling...for the red wig?

… Aubrey Scott, 10 December, 2009 - 2:29pm

Naw, wig travels with me.

However, carriers will accept Robert only if he is crated and placed in the cargo hold.

… Ron Hemberger, 10 December, 2009 - 3:42pm

Good call on syrphid. And a nice way to post!

You picked the right two to frass, but with other syrphids a face shot can come in handy. On flies, view of the pattern on the back and detail on wing veins can be crucial. Here, however, the side shot - normally not important - is the most telling. Note the black margin between the top and bottom of the abdomen. That signifies Eupeodes sp. Eye spacing says female. (On many male flies, this species included, larger eyes touch at top/front.)

Generally, you want to post flies to Flies (Diptera) for expert attention. I'll see them here at ID Request at any rate, but I'm no expert.

Note that Robert misspells my name with some regularity. At least he didn't call me Chuck Hamburger. The guy is quite artsy, but does have trouble with letters. Once, he even mispunctuated the name of our esteemed editor =v=.

… Ron Hemberger, 8 December, 2009 - 5:33pm

Incognito

I thought Hemberger was your pen name, thus hiding your celebrity identity, Ronald McDonald :)

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 December, 2009 - 7:25am

I've got to lose that carnsarned red wig!

… Ron Hemberger, 9 December, 2009 - 2:14pm

Carnsarned ?

Now that's a confounding word if I've ever heard one.

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 December, 2009 - 3:23pm

Absolutely Right

I, too, know little about flies, but I do know this is a syrphid. Sit tight and the Syrphid Fly Guru, Ron Hamburger will bring you enlightenment :)

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 December, 2009 - 3:48pm