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Subfamily Syrphinae


Syrphid - Platycheirus stegnus - female Mystery Fly - Platycheirus Platycheirus quadratus Syrphid Fly - Platycheirus - female Syphid Fly - Pyrophaena granditarsis - Pyrophaena granditarsis Platycheirus sp.? - Platycheirus - female Syrphid Fly? - Platycheirus - female Small hoverfly - Platycheirus

Toxomerus marginatus ? - Toxomerus marginatus - female Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - female Dioprosopa clavata Hover fly on aster - Eupeodes Eupeodes volucris? - Eupeodes volucris - male Eupeodes volucris? - Eupeodes volucris Syrphus - can species be determined? - Epistrophe grossulariae Syrphid fly ? - Toxomerus politus

Egg on clover leaf Syrphid fly larvae Fly larvae? And what type? Small Pink Caterpillar - Dorsal Unidentified Immature Stages - Dorsal Eupeodes? Eupeodes? Syrphidae, larva