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Syrphid, eristalinae - Eristalis dimidiata - female
Copyright © 2005 Philippe Moniotte

Syrphid, eristalinae - Eristalis dimidiata - Female
Baxter State Park, Maine, USA
July 26, 2005
Size: 12 mm
This one does look very much like some Eristalis sp ...

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Syrphid, eristalinae - Eristalis dimidiata - female Syrphid, eristalinae - Eristalis dimidiata - female
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Contributed by Philippe Moniotte on 28 December, 2005 - 3:47am
Last updated 19 April, 2007 - 3:02pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalis.
… Martin Hauser, 19 April, 2007 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved to guide. Nice images; I hope that some day we can ID them to species; I also have a few Eristalis waiting for ID.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 December, 2005 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Right!
Hello Philippe,
You are right, this is indeed a species of Eristalis. It is a female, which you can see by the non touching eyes on top of the head. I don't think it is one of the species we already ID-ed to species.
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 28 December, 2005 - 4:42am login or register to post comments

 
dimidiatus
How about E. dimidiatus ?
… Philippe Moniotte, 28 December, 2005 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

 
Could be, but..
There are about 17 species of Eristalis in the Nearctic, and I don't know them all. There might be several other species that look a lot like dimidiatus, but that is normally not clearly distinguishable from a picture!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 28 December, 2005 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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