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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Eristalis hirta
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Eristalinae - Eristalis hirta
Copyright © 2020 Carol Blaney

Eristalinae - Eristalis hirta
Running Springs, San Bernardino County, California, USA
May 10, 2020
Near a creek in the southern San Bernardino Mountains

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Contributed by Carol Blaney on 12 May, 2020 - 3:21pm
Last updated 13 May, 2020 - 11:36am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 13 May, 2020 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 May, 2020 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Do you have any more pictures
Do you have any more pictures?
… Bill Dean, 12 May, 2020 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I have a few more pictures,
but they are from the same angle. (The fly flew off before I could get another angle.) If posting one or more of the photos would help, let me know.
… Carol Blaney, 12 May, 2020 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes; post them.
Yes; post them. You can always delete them later.
I am thinking this is Eristalis hirta … female.
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser.
… Bill Dean, 13 May, 2020 - 5:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Bill,
for the i.d.! I have added another photo, processed slightly differently, in case that helps.
… Carol Blaney, 13 May, 2020 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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