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Bird Hover Fly (Eupeodes volucris)
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Copyright © 2014
Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
Sand Wasp Mimic -
Eupeodes volucris
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W of Rattlesnake Canyon, Bull Run Mountains, Elko County, Nevada, USA
August 8, 2013
Found near a small spring under a deciduous forest. I thought it was a Bicyrte Sand Wasp, but it must be some kind of Diptera. Thank you for your help.
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Contributed by
Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
on 5 April, 2014 - 2:56pm
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 5:11pm
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Martin Hauser
, 31 December, 2014 - 4:42pm
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Eupeodes volucris?
Eupeodes volucris?
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Bill Dean
, 20 December, 2014 - 12:57pm
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Either Eupeodes (probably vol
Either Eupeodes (probably volucris but could be a different species) or possibly Lapposyrphus lapponicus; the markings are too wide for Scaeva pyrastri.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 20 December, 2014 - 1:45pm
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Moved
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John S. Ascher
, 30 September, 2014 - 10:07am
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Moved
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John S. Ascher
, 30 September, 2014 - 10:07am
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 5 April, 2014 - 3:08pm
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Correct - this is a hoverfly
Correct - this is a hoverfly (Syrphidae). Probably
Eupeodes volucris
, but I can't quite tell on the wing veination; the other guess I'd have would be
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
(if the R4+5 vein is bent upwards rather than straight).
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 5 April, 2014 - 3:05pm
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