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Scaeva pyrastri ?? - Eupeodes volucris - male
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Scaeva pyrastri ?? - Eupeodes volucris - Male
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 6, 2008
Size: ~10mm
Found this guy on Argyranthemum frutescens in our garden. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Scaeva pyrastri ?? - Eupeodes volucris - male Scaeva pyrastri ?? - Eupeodes volucris - male
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 6 February, 2008 - 9:44pm
Last updated 12 February, 2008 - 8:53am

Great picture, Gary!
Nice view of the wing venation. I have recently posted a very similar fly, perhaps female, but mine, I thought, was only about half the size of this one.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 5 April, 2008 - 1:15pm

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