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pacificus or pauxillus (Dasysyrphus pacificus or pauxillus)
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Copyright © 2015
Joy Markgraf
Dasysyrphus
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Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
March 16, 2015
This fly was seen nectaring on pussy willows at a wetland/prairie remnant on a sunny spring day. Many thanks for your expert help. Joy
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Contributed by
Joy Markgraf
on 20 March, 2015 - 9:28am
Last updated 20 April, 2016 - 6:07am
Moved
Moved from
pinastri group
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 20 April, 2016 - 6:07am
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Moved
Moved from
Dasysyrphus
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Either
D. pauxillus
or
D. pacificus
- unfortunately they overlap in range in the Pacific Northwest and genital dissection is necessary to tell them apart there.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 20 March, 2015 - 4:30pm
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v belov
, 20 March, 2015 - 4:25pm
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This image was added at a lat
This image was added at a later date to the other three images. It is in fact a different species and should be posted separately. This larger image is a male Dasysyrphus. The other three are female Eupeodes volucris. If you compare them the differences are very obvious.
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Bill Dean Canada
, 20 March, 2015 - 10:31am
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