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Chrysotoxum
Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Chrysotoxum
~3700m, upper Tundra Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
July 20, 2005
A Syrphid (Sericomyia?) visiting Alpine Avens (Geum rossii).
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 2 December, 2005 - 2:10pm
Last updated 13 November, 2006 - 3:45pm

Chryosotoxum sp. (Syrphinae)
A stout, dark species, with a relatively short third antennal segment, which is actually reminding of Sericomyia. But, this latter has no greenish yellow on the thorax and lacks this typical color pattern at the apex of the abdomen, found only in Chrysotoxum.
… Richard Vernier, 3 December, 2005 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
Chrysotoxum
I wondered about the green on the thorax. So thanks, Richard, for your comments.
… Hartmut Wisch, 3 December, 2005 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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