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Syrphid Fly - Palpada furcata
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Syrphid Fly - Palpada furcata
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 15, 2005
I haven't looked around the guide much. Just noticed this in my files and don't remember seeing one like this before.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 11 February, 2006 - 3:15pm
Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 1:16pm

Palpada texana
With these stripes on the thorax, it looks like Palpada texana. Very nice species!
… Martin Hauser, 12 June, 2006 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Well turns out to be furcata.
Well turns out to be furcata... ID by C. Thompson..
… Martin Hauser, 12 June, 2006 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Yes! Palpada it is!
You are quite right, this is a male in the genus Palpada! Close to the genus Eristalis but usually a bit more colorful!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 12 February, 2006 - 5:52am login or register to post comments

Very interesting!
Interesting fly, I hope that somebody comes up with an ID.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 February, 2006 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah ha....
found something very similar. See .
… Lynette Schimming, 11 February, 2006 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

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