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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Xylota
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Asilidae sp ? - Xylota - male
Copyright © 2020 JerryMcCormick

Asilidae sp ? - Xylota - Male
Meadowlands, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
June 13, 2020
Size: approx 1 cm
47.168758N, 92.715989W. On a leaf of a highbush cranberry shrub, which was in full bloom and popular with many insects. Saw several of these. They seemed to perch on the leaves, perhaps as observation and ambush sites.
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Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 13 June, 2020 - 6:30pm
Last updated 14 June, 2020 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 14 June, 2020 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

Xylota …. male
Xylota …. male
… Bill Dean, 14 June, 2020 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 June, 2020 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Looks more like a Syrphid, no?
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2020 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid, yes.
Thank you; looks like it. Partly I based my attempt on ID on behavior. These didn't seem interested in the flowers; they just perched on the leaves. They acted as if they could be chasing other bugs, but I did not see them catch any! Jerry
… JerryMcCormick, 13 June, 2020 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

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