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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » americanus/pomus group (Eupeodes americanus/pomus group)
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fly - Eupeodes - female
Copyright © 2016 Charles Schurch Lewallen

fly - Eupeodes - Female
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
January 4, 2016
Size: 12mm measured
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 4 January, 2016 - 10:32am
Last updated 9 December, 2016 - 4:25pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus.
… Martin Hauser, 9 December, 2016 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 4 January, 2016 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
fly
Thanks, Martin.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 4 January, 2016 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

The proximity of the markings
The proximity of the markings on tergite 2 would make me think this was Metasyrphus.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2016 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Metasyrphus
Thank You.
Does the dark color indicate anything?
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 4 January, 2016 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
This is not extraordinarily d
This is not extraordinarily dark. Could be Metasyrphus americanus, M. fumipennis ?? This is a female.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2016 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

 
If it was photographed on Jan
If it was photographed on Jan 4th then that might explain why this is quite dark. Many Syrphids seen early in the year are darker than summer forms.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2016 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
fly
This was photographed today 1/4/15 on My front pourch, temp about 34 deg F.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 4 January, 2016 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Here in Neepawa, Canada, we h
Here in Neepawa, Canada, we have only snow to look at.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2016 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

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