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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum
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Fly with white abodomen - Melanostoma mellinum - female
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Fly with white abodomen - Melanostoma mellinum - Female
Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
May 29, 2020

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Fly with white abodomen - Melanostoma mellinum - female Fly with white abodomen - Melanostoma mellinum - female
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Contributed by arachphotobia on 29 May, 2020 - 3:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 29 May, 2020 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Melanostoma mellinum ... fema
Melanostoma mellinum ... female
… Bill Dean, 29 May, 2020 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Is the abdomen area white because its gravid?
Are you marking it as female because of the abdomen and, if so, is it large and white because it's gravid?
… arachphotobia, 29 May, 2020 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
The eyes are spaced apart ->
The eyes are spaced apart -> female (not reliable for all hoverfly groups but works for this one among most others). The large abdomen is indeed likely due to it being gravid.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 30 May, 2020 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

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