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Any info on this Hover fly? - Melangyna - female
Copyright © 2006 Kildale

Any info on this Hover fly? - Melangyna - Female
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 18, 2006
Could this be Scaeva pyrastri? Any other info would be great.

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Any info on this Hover fly? - Melangyna - female Any info on this Hover fly? - Melangyna - female
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Contributed by Kildale on 18 August, 2006 - 8:00pm
Last updated 23 August, 2006 - 4:56pm

Yes, Melangyna female
It is, and indeed it's looks a lot like Melangyna umbellatarum, which is widespread in Europe but also occurs in the Nearctic! So, it could very well be this species, but I don't know all the species in the Nearctic, so it is possible it is another one!
greetings,
… Gerard Pennards, 19 August, 2006 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

It is for sure not a Scaeva,
It is for sure not a Scaeva, I have to check again, but it looks like a Melangyna.
… Martin Hauser, 18 August, 2006 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Martin for the info. It looks like a Melangyna umbellatarum but it was in google and the site was German I think, so I'm not sure if it is out west here.
… Kildale, 18 August, 2006 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

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