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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Rhingiini » Cheilosiina » Cheilosia
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flies on buttercup - Cheilosia
Copyright © 2016 anthonybrooks

flies on buttercup - Cheilosia
Alma, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 10, 2016
Size: ~1.5cm
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Contributed by anthonybrooks on 11 June, 2016 - 8:57am
Last updated 13 January, 2017 - 2:24pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 13 January, 2017 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

ok
cropped
… john and jane balaban, 13 January, 2017 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Thinking Chrysosyrphus but would like a second opinion.

If the image were cropped, it would have been found a lot faster - without the ability to zoom in (which only editors and the submitter have), nobody realized it was a syrphid in time :^)
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 30 November, 2016 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
I would rather go with Cheilo
I would rather go with Cheilosia....
… Martin Hauser, 13 January, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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