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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Xylota or Chalcosyrphus
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Xylotini Syrphid Fly - male
Copyright © 2008 Vincent J Hickey

Xylotini Syrphid Fly - Male
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: ~8mm
Fly, ? Gymnoclytia spp...ID please.ID Eristalini, Xylotine, either Xylota or Chalcosyrphus.....Thanks

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Xylotini Syrphid Fly - male Xylotini Syrphid Fly - male
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Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 16 June, 2008 - 3:49pm
Last updated 21 January, 2013 - 1:37am

Leaning toward Xylota … mal
Leaning toward Xylota … male but safe where it is.
… Bill Dean, 8 May, 2020 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

pls fix date
… v belov, 21 January, 2013 - 1:37am login or register to post comments

Yes
Xylotini, a species of Xylota or Chalcosyrphus.
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 17 June, 2008 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

ID
No, this is a Syrphid fly, maybe in the Xylotini (Syrphidae: Eristalinae).
… Andy Calderwood, 16 June, 2008 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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