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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Scaeva » Scaeva affinis
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Hover fly to ID - Scaeva affinis - female
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Hover fly to ID - Scaeva affinis - Female
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
May 15, 2005
Another hoverfly to ID. I don't have any record of this in my files and hope its not a species that I have posted earlier. ID would be appreciated, thanks.
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Contributed by Kildale on 18 May, 2005 - 11:55pm
Last updated 1 January, 2009 - 7:44pm

Female Scaeva pyrastri
Hello Kildale,
Without any doubt a female of Scaeva pyrastri.
Very characteristic are the shape and color (white) of the spots on the abdomen, and the clearly inflated frons of the head!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 19 May, 2005 - 3:51am login or register to post comments

 
Hover fly
Thanks Gerard for the ID.Always great to add another species to my site.
… Kildale, 19 May, 2005 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

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