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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus knabi
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syrphid fly? - Syrphus knabi - female
Copyright © 2017 Michael Richardson

syrphid fly? - Syrphus knabi - Female
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
August 30, 2011

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syrphid fly? - Syrphus knabi - female syrphid fly? - Syrphus knabi - female
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Contributed by Michael Richardson on 17 July, 2017 - 6:18pm
Last updated 17 July, 2017 - 9:34pm

nice find, great shots
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 July, 2017 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Syrphus knabi
Syrphus knabi ..... female.
Dorsum very bright orange/yellow for full length at sides, Lower frons shining yellow, thick grey stripes on dorsum, yellow bands broadly overlapping side margins of abdomen, hind metatarsus can be seen through left wing to be orange, fore and middle legs and their tarsi all bright yellow/orange. Heavily pruinose frons with very narrow black mark in middle. Two isolated black dots above antennae (See other image).
… Bill Dean, 17 July, 2017 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

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