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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Orange-legged Drone Fly (Eristalis flavipes)
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Flower Fly Bombus mimic, Eristalis flavipes? - Eristalis flavipes
Copyright © 2018 Jim McCormac

Flower Fly Bombus mimic, Eristalis flavipes? - Eristalis flavipes
Alley Park, just south of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
August 16, 2018
Size: 15mm or so
An amazing bumblebee mimic flower fly! Nectaring on boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, along the margins of a marshy pond.
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Contributed by Jim McCormac on 16 August, 2018 - 10:52pm
Last updated 17 August, 2018 - 7:40am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 August, 2018 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Yes; Eristalis flavipes ... f
Yes; Eristalis flavipes ... female
… Bill Dean, 17 August, 2018 - 3:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bill! An amazing fly t
Thanks Bill! An amazing fly to be sure!
… Jim McCormac, 17 August, 2018 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Syrphidae for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Others will be able to confirm/correct your ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 August, 2018 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

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