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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Eulonchus » Eulonchus sapphirinus
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Black bee yellow legs - Eulonchus sapphirinus
Copyright © 2018 DerBears

Black bee yellow legs - Eulonchus sapphirinus
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 5, 2018
Black body with golden accents, bright yellow legs. Found in my greenhouse that has strawberries.

Calm demeanor, after i startled it it stayed on my shirt until i removed it.

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Contributed by DerBears on 6 July, 2018 - 4:52pm
Last updated 27 May, 2019 - 11:18am

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus.
… Even Dankowicz, 27 May, 2019 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small-headed Flies.
… Bob Biagi, 7 July, 2018 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Eulonchus?
Eulonchus?
… John F. Carr, 7 July, 2018 - 5:19am login or register to post comments

 
I do believe so with the yell
I do believe so with the yellow legs after much research
… DerBears, 7 July, 2018 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yellow legs & more indicate Eulonchus
Yes, definitely Eulonchus...subtler aspects in form of the antennae and wing venation also separate this from Ogcodes (though at first glance sometimes the two genera can appear very similar).
… Aaron Schusteff, 29 November, 2019 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 6 July, 2018 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Looks rather like
a Small-headed fly, Acroceridae
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2018 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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