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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Chalcosyrphus » subgenus Xylotomima (Chalcosyrphus subgenus Xylotomima) » Chalcosyrphus piger
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Chalcosyrphus piger
Copyright © 2014 Rich Kelly

Chalcosyrphus piger
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 8, 2014
Size: 12 mm +/-
Running on log in mixed woods.
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 24 June, 2014 - 12:14pm
Last updated 5 January, 2015 - 2:54pm

Moved
Moved from Xylotina.
… Rich Kelly, 5 January, 2015 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Chalcosyrphus piger
Scutum hairs are short and appressed.
… Kevin Moran, 5 January, 2015 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help. I'm ju
Thanks for your help. I'm just glad I was able to get a shot with enough detail to enable an ID.
… Rich Kelly, 5 January, 2015 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 30 September, 2014 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Flies.

Something like this, I suspect:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 June, 2014 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I would not have mad
Thanks. I would not have made that connection.
… Rich Kelly, 24 June, 2014 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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