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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Paragus » subgenus Pandasyopthalmus (Paragus subgenus Pandasyopthalmus) » Paragus haemorrhous
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Unidentified flower fly or hover fly (Syrphidae) on flower of goldeneggs (sun cup) Taraxia ovata - Paragus haemorrhous
Copyright © 2019 Martin Nicolaus

Unidentified flower fly or hover fly (Syrphidae) on flower of goldeneggs (sun cup) Taraxia ovata - Paragus haemorrhous
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
March 26, 2019
Size: About 3/8 inch
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Contributed by Martin Nicolaus on 26 March, 2019 - 10:02pm
Last updated 27 March, 2019 - 7:57am

Hoverfly
Very grateful for the prompt ID. I've got a few other bug pix that I will submit now that I know about bugguide.net and its superpowers!
BTW the Wikipedia page about Paragus haemorrhous seems a little thin and possibly underestimates the range of this species.
FYI my web post about this fly is at https://chavezpark.org/new-wildflower/
… Martin Nicolaus, 27 March, 2019 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 March, 2019 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Paragus haemorrhous ..... fem
Paragus haemorrhous ..... female.
Note the re-entrant upper outer cross-vein, the porrect antennae with long third antennal segment. Note eyes completely hairy and hairs not forming stripes..
… Bill Dean, 27 March, 2019 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

Female
Female
… Bill Dean, 27 March, 2019 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Others will take the ID further.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 March, 2019 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
ID request
I'm taking a wild guess that it's a Hadromyia pulchra based on your photo of a similar bug. Am I right?
… Martin Nicolaus, 26 March, 2019 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
The experts will let you know.
:)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 March, 2019 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

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