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Fly on Queen Ann's Lace - Syritta pipiens
Copyright © 2004 John Fox

Fly on Queen Ann's Lace - Syritta pipiens
Northern, Virginia, USA
July 19, 2004
I have no idea what this is, of course. The enlarged hindleg femur is obvious.

I've noticed several shots of insects that appear to have faceted eyes like this. Is this a photographic anomoly or are they flat surfaces? If some eye surfacses are flat is that diagnostic at any level?

As usual,thanks for any help,
John
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Contributed by John Fox on 31 July, 2004 - 9:54pm

Compare image from North Carolina
I'm pretty sure I've seen the same fly here in North Carolina, at the same season, and on the same plant, Queen Anne's Lace:



Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 December, 2004 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

Flower fly
The flower flies (family Syrphidae) are an incredibly diverse group, and whenever I find a fly new to me, I have learned to first eliminate the Syrphidae as a possibility:-) This looks like a species of Syritta, but can't be positive. Nice image, John!
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 August, 2004 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Syritta pipiens
It is Syritta pipiens, also very common in Europe. The other Syritta species I saw in the Nearctic list, S. flaviventris, has a distinct long protruberance on the ventral side of the hind femur (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cyrille.dussaix/Syritta%20_flaviventris/S.flaviventris.html). It is absent in this species, so it must be S. pipiens.

Cheers,

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 16 August, 2004 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

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