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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Eupeodes (Eupeodes subgenus Eupeodes) » Bird Hover Fly (Eupeodes volucris)
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syrphid fly - Eupeodes volucris - female
Copyright © 2017 Andrew Reding

syrphid fly - Eupeodes volucris - Female
Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
June 17, 2017
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Contributed by Andrew Reding on 17 June, 2017 - 5:00pm
Last updated 18 June, 2017 - 6:02pm

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… Andrew Reding, 17 June, 2017 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Eupeodes volucris ..... femal
Eupeodes volucris ..... female
… Bill Dean, 17 June, 2017 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops
My bad. Those differences are obvious. I just found out hoverflies existed yesterday.
… Arrow Jarr, 17 June, 2017 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Syrphus risbesii
… Arrow Jarr, 17 June, 2017 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphus has complete bands ov
Syrphus has complete bands overlapping side margins of tergite 3 and 4 except Syrphus opinator which only has tergite 2 with markings overlapping side margins.
The separate lunules on abdomen; black semicircle directly above antennae; pale white/yellow rim to scutellum; white side margins of tergite 5 identify this as Eupeodes volucris.
… Bill Dean, 17 June, 2017 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

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