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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria
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syrphid 1 - Sphaerophoria
Copyright © 2016 sh11

syrphid 1 - Sphaerophoria
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
July 7, 2015

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Contributed by sh11 on 21 January, 2016 - 4:59pm
Last updated 21 January, 2016 - 6:35pm

Unfortunately not possible to
Unfortunately not possible to take it to species with these photos - not your fault! We'd need very high-quality images of the hairs on sternite 2, which is pretty much impossible with a living fly and no magnification :^) (and even then we could only get it to a pair or triplet of species)
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 January, 2016 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
No worries at all about leaving the ident. at genus level-
I'm so grateful for all of your wonderful help- thank you!!
… sh11, 22 January, 2016 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 January, 2016 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Sphaerophoria ....... female
Sphaerophoria ....... female
… Bill Dean, 21 January, 2016 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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