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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Merodontini » Merodon » Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
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Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - male
Copyright © 2017 Matt Goff

Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - Male
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
February 21, 2017
Found in house - my guess is this is an early emerging fly that had been pupating in a potted plant which was outside last summer. Although this was photographed 21 February 2017, but I didn't include a date since it would seem to be a bit spurious (if my guesses are correct). 5mm squares

I posted this on iNaturalist here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5153200

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Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - male Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - male Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - male
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 22 February, 2017 - 12:53am
Last updated 22 March, 2018 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
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