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Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - female
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Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - Female
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
June 15, 2008

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 25 January, 2009 - 3:28pm
Last updated 26 January, 2009 - 7:56pm

Yep
It's a female Syrphus sp.
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 26 January, 2009 - 10:29am

Check genus: syrphus
Don't know the size of this one, but I've seen similarly-patterned in my neighborhood, and they look a lot like the Syrphus example in the Kaufman/Eaton guide. They were about 1 cm long (or less) as I recall.
… John Schneider, 25 January, 2009 - 5:55pm

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