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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Eristalis anthophorina
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Laphria sp ? - Eristalis anthophorina
Copyright © 2017 JerryMcCormick

Laphria sp ? - Eristalis anthophorina
Tower, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
May 25, 2017
Size: 1 cm
These were very quick, and adept at hovering. They could accelerate very rapidly. I was astonished when I succeeded in netting this one! I saw several along a quiet gravel road through a spruce-larch bog.

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Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 26 May, 2017 - 8:24pm
Last updated 29 May, 2017 - 4:11pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 May, 2017 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

Eristalis anthophorina
The image posted by Jeff Brown, as an example, is Mallota bautias but this is Eristalis ( R1 and R2+3 meeting before wing margin and forming a short stalk ) In Mallota these veins reach wing margin independently, that is - not joining. The tarsi are not visible to see if any are orange but the hind tibiae are lacking the matted hair of flavipes and this is Eristalis anthophorina.... male.
… Bill Dean, 26 May, 2017 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 May, 2017 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid
It is a Syrphid Fly, Family Syrphidae.

The hovering is a good clue in the field, they are also called Hover Flies.

The spurious wing vein is diagnostic if you have the specimen in hand.

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… Jeff Brown, 26 May, 2017 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphidae photo
Thanks for the info. Hover flies, of course!
Thanks again,
Jerry
… JerryMcCormick, 26 May, 2017 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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