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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria » Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
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Tiny Syrphid - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Tiny Syrphid - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
June 15, 2007
Size: 8mm
Found on Sanvitalia flower.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 15 June, 2007 - 10:57pm
Last updated 3 August, 2017 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from contigua, novaeangliae, pyrrhina, or sulphuripes.
… Martin Hauser, 3 August, 2017 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from contigua, novaeangliae, pyrrhina, or sulphuripes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 January, 2016 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 January, 2016 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 17 June, 2007 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

Sphaerophoria, I'd say
Looks like one I shot in the other Washington:
… Ron Hemberger, 16 June, 2007 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was thinking that, but wasn't positive.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 17 June, 2007 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

 
There's a lot of variation in that genus
at least three pretty different looks. I'm starting to figure syrphids out, but bee flies are beyond me at this point.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 June, 2007 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

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