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Scaeva sp ? - Eupeodes volucris
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Scaeva sp ? - Eupeodes volucris
El Paso County, Texas, USA
April 15, 2020

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Contributed by John Hall on 15 April, 2020 - 8:52pm
Last updated 16 April, 2020 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 16 April, 2020 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 16 April, 2020 - 5:15am

Eupeodes volucris ... female.
Eupeodes volucris ... female.
Scaeva has the frons inflated.
Eupeodes volucris female has black semi circle above the base of antennae, tergite 5 with white edges and very often the scutellum with yellow rim.
… Bill Dean, 16 April, 2020 - 4:11am

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Please be sure to crop your pics as close to "just the bug" as possible. Only you and the editors have the ability to view the full-size image. Everyone else is left looking at a little bug in a lot of unnecessary background. :)

Thanks--and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 April, 2020 - 10:43pm

 
crop
thanks, will do
… John Hall, 15 April, 2020 - 11:03pm

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