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Unknown Bee Fly - Syrphus - male
Copyright © 2006 Jim Kramer

Unknown Bee Fly - Syrphus - Male
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
February 15, 2006
Size: 1/2"
Is this enough to ID?
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Contributed by Jim Kramer on 16 February, 2006 - 3:31pm
Last updated 16 February, 2006 - 7:45pm

male Syrphus sp.
It is a male in the genus Syrphus. Their larvae are voracious aphid eaters!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 16 February, 2006 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Sex difference
There was another similar fly that was almost always airborne (not still and photogenic) with in 2’ of this one. Was that likely a female? And how do I tell?
… Jim Kramer, 16 February, 2006 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Look at the eyes
If memory serves from answers to similar questions, the difference is that in one sex (the male, I believe), the eyes are closer together- usually touching
… Chuck Entz, 16 February, 2006 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid.
Not a bee fly but a syrphid fly. Something in the tribe Syrphini, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to tell genus or species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 February, 2006 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
It was
trying to drink the sap from an aphid infested pine sapling. If that helps?
… Jim Kramer, 16 February, 2006 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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