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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Mallota » Mallota bautias
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Sytphid Fly? - Mallota bautias
Copyright © 2014 Aaron Eckley

Sytphid Fly? - Mallota bautias
525 A Ave. NE Cedar Rapids IA, Linn County, Iowa, USA
May 18, 2014
Found on ornamental bush in downtown area, which struck me as odd because their known to like woodland edges. None were near this area...only a bunch of metal and brick.

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Sytphid Fly? - Mallota bautias Sytphid Fly? - Mallota bautias
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Contributed by Aaron Eckley on 22 May, 2014 - 12:53am
Last updated 5 November, 2014 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Mallota or Merodon.
… Martin Hauser, 5 November, 2014 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 June, 2014 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 May, 2014 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

Either Mallota or Merodon equ
Either Mallota or Merodon equestris - leaning towards the former but I can't see whether the tooth on the hind femur is present or not.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 May, 2014 - 2:18am login or register to post comments

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