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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus politus
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WHAT'S ITS OBSESSION? - Toxomerus politus - male
Copyright © 2015 Cathy Wilson

WHAT'S ITS OBSESSION? - Toxomerus politus - Male
Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
August 4, 2015
Dang little thing is all over my computer (screen and cord) . . . my camera . . bold - fearless . . pretty cute. Over the top of my glasses (myopia) I can watch those little front pedestal feet-looking things picking up debris . . and then using its front legs to either eat? or discard? what it's found. What's up with my gear that its hanging around? My breakfast leavings?
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 4 August, 2015 - 10:32am
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 4 August, 2015 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

You have 3 different specimen
You have 3 different specimens here and they should all be separated. this first one is Toxomerus politus....male.
… Bill Dean, 4 August, 2015 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Bill . . Did I do that . . .?
Or did you separate 'em ?
If I did it - it was the gods of the digital age reaching over my shoulder and hitting the keys.
… Cathy Wilson, 4 August, 2015 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Cathy, As an editor, Kels
Hi Cathy,
As an editor, Kelsey has the ability to separate your three images.
… Bill Dean, 4 August, 2015 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. Whew.
I'd heard of the Gods of the Copybook Headings . . . but not the gods of the Bugguide ID request ;)
… Cathy Wilson, 4 August, 2015 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Oddly enough, I'm actually pr
Oddly enough, I'm actually pretty sure I didn't unlink these particular images... maybe in my sleep? *blink*
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 August, 2015 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh wow . . . this is getting . . .
. . . very interesting.
… Cathy Wilson, 5 August, 2015 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Bill !!! Wow!
Thank you ! That's a little embarrassing. Hmmm . . . I'm an unwilling Luddite when it comes to navigating the particulars of reposting these. Perhaps I'll just delete the entirety and start over. :(
… Cathy Wilson, 4 August, 2015 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Milesiini?
Yellowjacket hoverflies hover in front of humans all the time--not sure if this is one of those, but it looks like it's at least in the same neighborhood.
… Ursula Vernon, 4 August, 2015 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ursula . .
I appreciate any help getting 'em in the correct aisle. Curiously, he wasn't interested in me . . nor did much 'hovering' . . . just kept getting cozy with my appliances :)
… Cathy Wilson, 4 August, 2015 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

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