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Syrphid with Poillinaria 2 - Eupeodes volucris
Copyright © 2022 Robbie Hart

Syrphid with Poillinaria 2 - Eupeodes volucris
Spruce Railroad Trail, Lake Crescent, WA, Clallam County, Washington, USA
July 2, 2021
Syrphid with pollinaria of Stream Orchid Epipactis gigantea.
(Cropped from distant photo)

(Date corrected 12/19/22. Time about 2:00 pm. Photo by Robbie Hart.)

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 12 December, 2022 - 11:14am
Last updated 3 January, 2023 - 12:12pm

Moved
Moved from Hover Flies.
… Stephen Hart, 12 December, 2022 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Eupeodes volucris ... female
Eupeodes volucris ... female
… Bill Dean, 12 December, 2022 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
So is the tip of the abdomen just sticking out a little more in this individual, revealing a bit more pattern?
… Stephen Hart, 12 December, 2022 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
They could be different individuals
They could be different individuals. The terminal segments with more white in one specimen but it may be a trick of the light....
One has more pollenaria than the other. The white band at posterior margin of tergite 4 looks wider in this specimen. They are variable.
Note the yellow/white posterior margin to both tergite 4 and 5 and the yellow/white rim to scutellum. Scaeva affinis has each lunule marking noticeably narrowed medially and with a more noticeable terminal club.
… Bill Dean, 12 December, 2022 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

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