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Melanostoma mellinum? - Melanostoma mellinum - female
Copyright © 2016 Steve Scholnick

Melanostoma mellinum? - Melanostoma mellinum - Female
Annemarie Garden, Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
June 11, 2016
Size: body ~8mm est from image
I think this female syrphid is Melanostoma mellinum based on the yellow “triangles” on the dorsal abdomen but would appreciate confirmation/correction of the ID
Thanks in advance
Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 1 July, 2016 - 7:44pm
Last updated 1 July, 2016 - 11:39pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Steve Scholnick, 1 July, 2016 - 11:39pm

Yes Melanostoma mellinum ....
Yes Melanostoma mellinum ..... female.
Fabulous picture.
… Bill Dean, 1 July, 2016 - 10:13pm

 
Thanks Bill
last photo I got before the fly got fed up with me and took off
… Steve Scholnick, 1 July, 2016 - 11:38pm

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