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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Xylota
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Fly with Black & White Banded Legs - Xylota
Copyright © 2010 Erick Adams

Fly with Black & White Banded Legs - Xylota
East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
July 14, 2010
Size: 8-10mm
These flies were all over the leaves of Deinanthe bifida in my garden. It's blooming right now and the flies had pollen on them but I never saw them on the flowers.
They kept roving back & forth across the leaves, pivoting from the rear so that it looked like only the front moved. Then they would stop, and after a few seconds start the
routine again. It started to pour before I got more pictures.

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Contributed by Erick Adams on 14 July, 2010 - 2:08pm
Last updated 26 February, 2016 - 8:30pm

Moved
Moved from Xylotina.
… Martin Hauser, 26 February, 2016 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from move out images & delete page.
… v belov, 24 January, 2014 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 30 August, 2010 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation & move
I didn't realize this was sitting in Syrphidae so long. I didn't have the confidence in my ID to move it further and then I forgot about it.
… Erick Adams, 30 August, 2010 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… Erick Adams, 24 July, 2010 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

looks like a Syrphid Fly
Maybe like this Xylotini

or possibliy like this Myolepta
… Andrew Williams, 14 July, 2010 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, both seem reasonable...
I'm a bit more partial to Xylotini, I think.

See the comment that goes with this picture. It describes the behavior I mentioned.

… Erick Adams, 14 July, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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