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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Rhingiini » Rhingia » Rhingia nasica
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Syrphid? - Rhingia nasica - female
Copyright © 2006 Donna K Race

Syrphid? - Rhingia nasica - Female
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
October 10, 2006
Very small, on Dahlia.
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Contributed by Donna K Race on 11 October, 2006 - 3:39pm

Yes Donna,
It is a syrphid. A female in the genus Rhingia, of which there is only one species in the nearctic: Rhingia nasica.
Greetings, Gerard
… Gerard Pennards, 11 October, 2006 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much Gerard!
Another first for WV. :)
… Donna K Race, 11 October, 2006 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

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