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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Blerina » Somula » Somula decora
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syrphid - Somula decora
Copyright © 2007 edward trammel

syrphid - Somula decora
buffalo national river, newton County, Arkansas, USA
March 31, 2007
Size: ~20mm
could not get within five feet of it... took this picture and it flew off, which is too bad... it is quite the looker. could it be Somula decora?
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Contributed by edward trammel on 31 March, 2007 - 9:05pm
Last updated 7 January, 2015 - 1:52pm

Moved
Moved from Somula.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 7 January, 2015 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… edward trammel, 2 April, 2007 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Bingo!
Your identification is correct. I'm fairly convinced these are mimics of scoliid wasps, right down to the bands of hair on the abdomen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 April, 2007 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
fly
thank you for the info Eric, i can certainly see scoliid.
… edward trammel, 2 April, 2007 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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