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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Myolepta » Myolepta lunulata
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Black Syrphid - Myolepta lunulata - male
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Black Syrphid - Myolepta lunulata - Male
Seatac, King County, Washington, USA
June 16, 2007
Size: 12mm
Found at the same Oxeye Daisy patch I found many Be*ewol*ves at. It kept holding it's front legs in front of it when it was moving around on the flower. It also had a somewhat constricted waist.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 17 June, 2007 - 12:04am
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Myolepta.
… Martin Hauser, 20 January, 2013 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 1 July, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

No
Should be a male Myolepta!
greetings,
… Gerard Pennards, 1 July, 2007 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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