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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus torvus
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ID request - hover fly - Syrphus torvus - female
Copyright © 2017 Daniel E. Weeks

ID request - hover fly - Syrphus torvus - Female
Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 1, 2017
This looks to me like it might be a syrphus ribesii. Would appreciate your advice and guidance. Thank you.
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Contributed by Daniel E. Weeks on 2 October, 2017 - 8:50pm
Last updated 2 March, 2020 - 8:10pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2017 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Syrphus for sure. I think I c
Syrphus for sure. I think I can see hairs on the lower part of left eye and the lower front of right eye in a zoomed image which would make this Syrphus torvus .... female. The almost totally black frons fits torvus too.
For clearest image, left click on image and then zoom to x 400.
… Bill Dean, 2 October, 2017 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you for your help in id'ing this beautiful fly. When I zoom in, I do see the hairs on the eye.
… Daniel E. Weeks, 3 October, 2017 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2017 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

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