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Blue-black syrphid - Ocyptamus - male
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Blue-black syrphid - Ocyptamus - Male
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2006
Size: 8 mm
I saw several of these syrphids (I think) taking nectar in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, but this was one of the few that held still, on a cloudy, cool day. Size estimated. Thanks for help with identification--see comments. Note the prominent yellowish halteres.

This photograph was taken during a field trip as part of the 2006 Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission, Texas. This was the odonate trip led by Josh Rose and Bob Behrstock.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2006 - 8:28am
Last updated 7 November, 2008 - 1:14pm

You are right with the fly be
You are right with the fly being a male, but the genus is Ocyptamus. I'm not sure about the species, cause there are some southern species I do not know (and it looks like one of them).
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