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Fly - Lejops
Copyright © 2006 Bill Johnson

Fly - Lejops
Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA
June 10, 2006
Any ID for this fly? The markings on the abdomen are interesting.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 26 December, 2006 - 12:55pm
Last updated 27 December, 2006 - 1:54pm

Lejops
Nice pic... It is one of the aquatic Syrphidae, and in Europe we would place it into Anasymia, and in the US in Lejops. Characteristic is the very slender built and the yellow stripes on the thorax
… Martin Hauser, 27 December, 2006 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Syrphidae
dunno what genus
… Keith Bayless, 26 December, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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