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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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two similar bees (bee mimic) on coreopsis - Toxomerus geminatus
Copyright © 2011 GG LILLY

two similar bees (bee mimic) on coreopsis - Toxomerus geminatus
Swanzey , Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
July 14, 2011
Sunny, bit of a breeze, semi-rural, home wildflower garden, early afternoon. These two insects look similar to me. Several of each were on coreopsis and giant purple hyssop with a third kind of insect, what looked to me like a bumblebee.
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Contributed by GG LILLY on 16 July, 2011 - 1:41pm
Last updated 27 July, 2011 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Image cropped for placement in the Guide.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2011 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Toxomerus geminatus
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… Ron Hemberger, 26 July, 2011 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 16 July, 2011 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

I unlinked your images.
Linking is reserved for photos of the same individual.

The two flies are indeed similar. Both are syrphids. This one is Toxomerus--maybe T. marginatus. I'm not sure about the other one.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 July, 2011 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

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