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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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Flower Fly - Somula decora
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

Flower Fly - Somula decora
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 4, 2007
This large fly was found hovering around various flowering bushes, in this case a wild rose. I think this is a Syrphid fly.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 5 June, 2007 - 1:45pm
Last updated 7 January, 2015 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Somula.
… Ilona L., 7 January, 2015 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

No black facial stripe. This
No black facial stripe. This is Somula decora
… Kevin Moran, 7 January, 2015 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Ilona L., 6 June, 2007 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

indeed
a fine picture, genus Somula... perhaps S. decora.
… edward trammel, 5 June, 2007 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Somula
This is one of those insects that had to be stalked for several days to get a good photo. I took this photo late in the afternoon after it had cooled down. I happened to glance down in the underbrush and saw this fly resting on a leaf providing the perfect opportunity.
… Ilona L., 6 June, 2007 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

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