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Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - male
Copyright © 2018 Betsy Betros

Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - Male
Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 3, 2018
Posting to genus level, just in case this odd patterned syrphid is not E. tenax. :-)
Came to honey/water bait along a woodland trail by a remnant tall grass prairie.

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Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - male Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - male
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Contributed by Betsy Betros on 4 July, 2018 - 11:52am
Last updated 17 July, 2018 - 9:34am

Moved
Moved from Eristalis.
… Betsy Betros, 4 July, 2018 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

Eristalis tenax ..... male
Eristalis tenax ..... male
… Bill Dean, 4 July, 2018 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was hoping for a new species for me, alas...not!
… Betsy Betros, 4 July, 2018 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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