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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Winthemiini » Winthemia
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Hoverfly - Winthemia - male
Copyright © 2019 Ai Wen

Hoverfly - Winthemia - Male
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
May 15, 2019
Found this hoverfly in our yard checking out dandelion flowers. Any help a Genus level is appreciated.
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Contributed by Ai Wen on 18 May, 2019 - 9:20pm
Last updated 19 May, 2019 - 5:30am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 19 May, 2019 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

Tachinid, I think
Not a hover fly, at any rate.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 May, 2019 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken. Can you please te
Thanks Ken. Can you please tell me what characteristics make you think it is a Tachinid fly? --Ai
… Ai Wen, 19 May, 2019 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Overall appearance...
...based on years of looking at thousands of insect images. :)

More specifically... Syrphids aren't as bristly and have different wing venation.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 May, 2019 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
:) Fair enough. I am just wis
:) Fair enough. I am just wishing someday I will be able to tell a bee from a wasp with more confidence.
… Ai Wen, 19 May, 2019 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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