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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria » Sphaerophoria pyrrhina
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Male and Female S pyrrhina - Sphaerophoria pyrrhina - female
Copyright © 2020 rmyoshihara

Male and Female S pyrrhina - Sphaerophoria pyrrhina - Female
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
May 13, 2020
Female.
Same Gaura plant, same time, possible breeding pair?
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Contributed by rmyoshihara on 13 May, 2020 - 3:37pm
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 2:09pm

female.Great picture. You a
female.
Great picture. You are getting better at taking pictures with all the practice. We had only one male and one female before your pictures. It is really good to have as many pics as possible to show the variation within the species. Thank you....
… Bill Dean, 13 May, 2020 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Lots of practice
… rmyoshihara, 13 May, 2020 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 13 May, 2020 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Unlinked as linking is reserv
Unlinked as linking is reserved for images of the *same* individual insect rather than the same species or a pair of (not currently joined) insects.
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