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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus » Helophilus fasciatus
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bee - Helophilus fasciatus
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bee - Helophilus fasciatus
west of chicago, Illinois, USA
September 25, 2013
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Contributed by PhotoBug42 on 29 September, 2013 - 6:26am
Last updated 29 September, 2013 - 5:56pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 September, 2013 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

ID: Helophilus fasciatus

Nice parallel effort by Kelly and Moorman!

FYI,Parahelophilus and Lejops can have a similar look, particularly on their thoraxes.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 September, 2013 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Fly
is the Syrphid another name for the Hoverfly?
… PhotoBug42, 29 September, 2013 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes. They're also called flower flies.
Here, we're most likely to refer to them as syrphids. In the UK, hover fly would be the more frequent name. (BTW, if something's a real fly, like bee fly, it's two words. If not, like dragonfly, it's one.)
… Ron Hemberger, 29 September, 2013 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 September, 2013 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Syrphid Fly
It looks like a Syrphid fly of the Helophilus genus . See reference here.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7310
… S Moorman, 29 September, 2013 - 6:58am login or register to post comments

This looks more like a flower
This looks more like a flower fly than a bee. Family Syrphidae, but there are many similar species. I'll let someone more knowledgeable take it from here.
… Rich Kelly, 29 September, 2013 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

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