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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Dioprosopa » Dioprosopa clavata
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Fly ID Request - Dioprosopa clavata
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Fly ID Request - Dioprosopa clavata
My back garden, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
September 28, 2007
Observed on a Solidago sp.

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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 30 September, 2007 - 11:26pm

Moved
Moved from Pseudodoros.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 30 September, 2007 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Pseudodoros
a syrphid
… Ron Hemberger, 30 September, 2007 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Between
this fly's refusal to sit pretty for me, and the steady breeze that kept moving the Goldenrod, I was so relieved to capture even these shots! Darned frustrating!
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 30 September, 2007 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

 
We should have stuck with plants.
In a book long ago, I saw a plant stand hyped as a photographer's aid. It had an alligator clamp attached to a semi-flexible wire, with the whole thing on a substantial wood base. At the time, I laughed...
… Ron Hemberger, 1 October, 2007 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

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