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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 - red eyes, peach underside abdomen - Eupeodes volucris - female
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syrphid fly - red eyes, peach underside abdomen - Eupeodes volucris - Female
between Sedona and Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
April 12, 2017

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syrphid fly - red eyes, peach underside abdomen - Eupeodes volucris - female syrphid fly - red eyes, peach underside abdomen - Eupeodes volucris - female
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Contributed by nature4me on 29 December, 2017 - 10:04am
Last updated 4 January, 2018 - 3:51pm

Female ....
Female ....
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2018 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 January, 2018 - 4:52am login or register to post comments

There are two different speci
There are two different specimens here. The first three pictures are males, the last two are females. They should be separated. They are indeed Eupeodes volucris.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2018 - 4:13am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry about that. Don't recal
Sorry about that. Don't recall having seen a Eupeodes volucris with a peach abdomen before.
… nature4me, 4 January, 2018 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

 
Depends on what it has been e
Depends on what it has been eating.
… Bill Dean, 4 January, 2018 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
Aaahh....do many insects chan
Aaahh....do many insects change color based on what they eat ?
… nature4me, 5 January, 2018 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, where they have transluc
Yes, where they have translucent parts on the abdomen.
… Bill Dean, 5 January, 2018 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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