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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Megasyrphus » Megasyrphus laxus
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Blue striped hoverfly on Joe Pye weed - Megasyrphus laxus
Copyright © 2021 Judith Saum

Blue striped hoverfly on Joe Pye weed - Megasyrphus laxus
Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
August 13, 2021
Found a photo of similar insect online called a blue-striped hoverfly. Would like to find out if that is what it is.
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Contributed by Judith Saum on 14 August, 2021 - 1:31pm
Last updated 14 August, 2021 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from Hover Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 August, 2021 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

Megasyrphus laxus .... female
Megasyrphus laxus .... female...
… Bill Dean, 14 August, 2021 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved to Syrphidae for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Others will take the ID further.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 August, 2021 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

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