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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Scaeva » Scaeva affinis
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Scaeva pyrastri or Eupeodes volucris? - Scaeva affinis
Copyright © 2017 EdSullivan

Scaeva pyrastri or Eupeodes volucris? - Scaeva affinis
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
May 8, 2017
It seems like E. volucris based on the color of the feet and only one band of hairs visible on the eye, but I'm not certain.

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Contributed by EdSullivan on 8 May, 2017 - 3:32pm
Last updated 9 May, 2017 - 4:56am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2017 - 4:56am login or register to post comments

Scaeva pyrastri ...... female
Scaeva pyrastri ...... female.
Inflated frons with black band restricted to ocellar triangle area. Side margin of tergite 5 is black. Inner margin of white markings on abdomen much further forward than outer margin. Frons with black hairs.

Eupeodes volucris female doesn`t have the frons inflated and has a black semi-circle directly above base of antennae and black on upper frons way beyond ocellar triangle. The side margin of tergite 5 is white and the inner margin of abdominal lunules less noticebly further forward. E.volucris has a whitish yellow paler rim to scutellum. Frons without black hairs.
… Bill Dean, 9 May, 2017 - 3:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bill
For the ID and the info.
… EdSullivan, 9 May, 2017 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2017 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

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