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unknown fly - Syrphus

unknown fly - Syrphus
Holyoke, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 19, 2018
Is there a chance for an ID at least to genus, and hopefully to species for this fly. I'm looking for ID's for a bio-blitz at Mt Tom State Reservation in Holyoke, MA.

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unknown fly - Syrphus unknown fly - Syrphus

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Syrphus ...... male
Syrphus ...... male.
With the hind femur so extensively black, probably Syrphus vitripennis,
Safe in Syrphus.

 
syrphus fly
Much appreciated.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

You should be able to get a genus. Hold on for the experts.

 
Thanks, Ken.
Thanks, Ken.

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