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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum
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Syrphid Fly blue haltere - Melanostoma mellinum - female
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Elliott

Syrphid Fly blue haltere - Melanostoma mellinum - Female
Rattlesnake Mountain, King County, Washington, USA
July 28, 2007
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 4 September, 2007 - 9:02am
Last updated 15 January, 2011 - 12:56pm

Moved
Moved from Melanostoma.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 December, 2009 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 January, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

Female Melanostoma sp.
They sometimes do wear their halteres in vivid green as well!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 29 January, 2009 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.

This photo is being used in the glossary.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 January, 2009 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 January, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

Cool.
Interesting. I'm frassing this anyway, simply because we already have so many syrphids in the guide, and the blue haltere doesn't appear to be a diagnostic feature. Thanks for understanding.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 January, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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