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Cluster of Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - female
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Cluster of Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - Female
Swan Lake, Western Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
October 5, 2022
a cluster of these in a pasture. host plant is sow thistle, one of the last flowering species of the year.
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Contributed by M Elsinger on 5 October, 2022 - 12:35pm
Last updated 24 August, 2023 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Hover Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 October, 2022 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Yes; Eritalis tenax.
Yes; Eritalis tenax... females
… Bill Dean, 5 October, 2022 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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