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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Syrphid Fly of Some Type? - Toxomerus geminatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Sharon Warner

Syrphid Fly of Some Type? - Toxomerus geminatus - Female
Springfield, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
July 31, 2008
On a rose leaf. Can it be ID'd? Thanks.
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Contributed by Sharon Warner on 1 August, 2008 - 10:29am
Last updated 1 August, 2008 - 10:09pm

Yes, Ron
I have to agree with you after a bit more scutiny. I see the difference in the patterns other than the keyhole. Darn!
… Jon M. Yuschock, 1 August, 2008 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Enlightenment?
Love to hear that Darn!

I'll bet you have it now.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2008 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, guys. So glad to see
Thanks, guys. So glad to see all of us learning here:) I will mark as female and move to T. geminatus.
… Sharon Warner, 1 August, 2008 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
a toxomerus marginatus. Maybe a female. What do you think, Ron?
… Jon M. Yuschock, 1 August, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus right.
See the keyhole? T. geminatus, I'd say.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2008 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Did see
the keyhole but it doesn't look as rounded. Those pointed markings to either side made me wonder.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 1 August, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

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