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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Scaeva » Scaeva affinis
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bee or fly ? - Scaeva affinis
Copyright © 2010 nature4me

bee or fly ? - Scaeva affinis
San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
June 29, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch or so
I don't know if this a bee or a fly or neither. Thanks for your help....Denise
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Contributed by nature4me on 12 March, 2010 - 9:58pm
Last updated 8 July, 2015 - 9:37am

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 April, 2013 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 March, 2010 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

It's a fly
in the family Syrphidae--maybe something like this one:



Perhaps one of our experts will be able to give you a more definitive ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 March, 2010 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphidae fly
Thanks a bunch for your speedy input....Denise
… nature4me, 12 March, 2010 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Pushing the ID a bit farther...
If you have a shot showing the back straight-on, I think I can get this to species. I'm pretty sure it's Scaeva pyrastri, but the nearly identical Eupeodes sp. is another possibility.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 March, 2010 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
ID to Species: Scaeva pyrastri
Hairy eyes
… Ron Hemberger, 7 April, 2013 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

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