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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus torvus
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Hover Fly9 - Syrphus torvus
Copyright © 2017 Angus MacLean

Hover Fly9 - Syrphus torvus
Coldbrook, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 18, 2015
I realize this is an area fraught with possibilities but...The first photo I got a certain impression of the species but when I saw the second one, I felt it was likely Syrphus. What does Bill Dean think?

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Contributed by Angus MacLean on 21 February, 2017 - 1:40pm
Last updated 24 February, 2017 - 4:58am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 February, 2017 - 4:58am login or register to post comments

Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus ..... female.
The eye hairs are often difficult to see especially in photographs of females but the black frons right to base of antennae and I think there are white hairs showing at the front area of left eye. I am confident this is Syrphus torvus.
… Bill Dean, 23 February, 2017 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphus torvus
Thank you, Bill.
… Angus MacLean, 24 February, 2017 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

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