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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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Going & Coming - Allograpta obliqua
Copyright © 2010 Ron Hemberger

Going & Coming - Allograpta obliqua
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
January 17, 2010

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 January, 2010 - 11:14pm
Last updated 10 January, 2016 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from Allograpta exotica.

Markings on tergite 2 are consistent with obliqua; see:



Sorry for the complicated back-and-forth!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 January, 2016 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Oblique Syrphid.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 April, 2013 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Revised ID: Allograpta exotica
White face with black stripe defines this species.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 April, 2013 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Ooops, plaudits based on an error.
This is not Allograpta obliqua, as I'd originally IDed it, but Allograpta exotica instead. Details below...
… Ron Hemberger, 5 April, 2013 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Congrats...
...on getting your January record for this species -- and really nice shots too! I suspect that the remaining blank spot (September) may be harder to find, but if there's any man up to the task, it surely must be you. :-)
… Harsi S. Parker, 20 January, 2010 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome. Hey, I did it all for you.
I'm seeing a fair number of syrphids, but they're typically into the flowers and moving. (Ovipositing is my guess.) In this case, I got out of the car, walked over to a bush, saw this one sitting atop a flower at the perfect level...then watched as a honeybee chased the fly away. Bummer. On my fourth trip back, I found it again and succeeded.

Watch this space in September for future developments. You're quite the taskmistress. Even Abigail doesn't give homework.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 January, 2010 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

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