Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#2185311
Colorful Fly - Xylota - male

Colorful Fly - Xylota - Male
4 miles south of Roscoe, Carbon County, Montana, USA
October 6, 2022
Size: 8-10 mm.
Maybe subtribe Xylotina?

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Xylota ... male ...
Xylota ... male
Note the hind femur is narrowing TO tip and not to BEFORE tip as in Chalcosyrphus.
Pity we can`t see the colour or markings of the abdomen...

 
Thank you. Wish I'd been able
Thank you. Wish I'd been able to get other shots, but it only hung around for a few seconds. Beautiful fly.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.