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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus torvus
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Syrphus torvus
Copyright © 2019 Libby & Rick Avis

Syrphus torvus
Mt Arrowsmith - Cokely Ridge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
September 1, 2013

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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 8 February, 2019 - 8:49pm

Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus.... female. No obvious eye hairs can be seen but they can be difficult to see in pictures. After talking with Dr. Martin Hauser, it is thought that these Syrphus species should be placed as determined by Bold Systems but all Bold identifications should be treated individually as database used for comparison is not always guaranteed, as we have found.
… Bill Dean, 11 February, 2019 - 4:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much
for your help with all of these.

Will definitely be more careful in future especially with getting close-ups of eyes!
… Libby & Rick Avis, 11 February, 2019 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Syrphus torvus has hairs on t
Syrphus torvus has hairs on the eyes which I can`t see on these images.This feature is mentioned in Bold Systems. Have you been able to detect eye hairs?
… Bill Dean, 9 February, 2019 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Syrphus .... female
Syrphus torvus has hairs on the eyes which can be difficult to see in females.
Safe in Syrphus.
… Bill Dean, 9 February, 2019 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

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