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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » americanus/pomus group (Eupeodes americanus/pomus group)
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Bee Mimic - Eupeodes
Copyright © 2007 atrox

Bee Mimic - Eupeodes
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
September 5, 2007
Size: 1/4"
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Contributed by atrox on 8 September, 2007 - 12:09pm
Last updated 23 October, 2019 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from American Hover Fly.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 October, 2019 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 8 December, 2015 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Subgenus-Metasyrphus
Subgenus-Metasyrphus...... female
… Bill Dean, 8 December, 2015 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 2 January, 2015 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
I cropped it for you. Next time remember to do so. Read: Guide to frassing.
The other image isn't worth keeping.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 November, 2007 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

ID to tribe: Syrphini
Wish I could take it farther.


(written 12-3-10) Still uncertain, but leaning to Eupeodes.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 September, 2007 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

Try cropping the picture to i
Try cropping the picture to isolate the fly....
… Brad Barnd, 26 September, 2007 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

Looks familiar, but I can't quite place it.
It's a syrphid and a nice clear shot, though a bit on the small side. Please see this post, though I think your insect is different:
… Ron Hemberger, 8 September, 2007 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the help. I'm not
Thanks for the help. I'm not sure I'm qualified to find the difference between the two pictures though.
… atrox, 8 September, 2007 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Wish I could have done more; maybe there will be an Aha! Hopefully, you'll get expert comment on this one.

(FYI, look closely at the stripes and you may see differences. Broken stripes? Stripes of constant or varying thicknesses? It'll come in time.)
… Ron Hemberger, 9 September, 2007 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

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