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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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Syrphid on a better class of composite. So who is it? - Allograpta obliqua - female
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Syrphid on a better class of composite. So who is it? - Allograpta obliqua - Female
Sherman Gardens, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California, USA
May 1, 2009
No dusty, weather-beaten encelia today. We're at nicely tended Sherman Gardens, where the elite syrphids meet to sup. Who's that over there?

(Written 5-6-09: There's a good chance this is Ocyptamus diversifasciatus. The only one IDed so far is on an old post from Hartmut, but Harsi submitted another for ID recently.)
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 1 May, 2009 - 11:48pm
Last updated 12 May, 2009 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Ocyptamus diversifasciatus.
… Martin Hauser, 12 May, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

Ahhh you got me confused for
Ahhh you got me confused for a bit...the reflections... I first thought it is diversifasciatus, but it is Allograpta obliqua... the coloration of the legs and the yellow stripe on the side of the thorax gave it away....but now I am sure..
… Martin Hauser, 12 May, 2009 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin.
I went back to reshoot, but all I could find were A. obliqua. (Just kidding. I found nothing.)
… Ron Hemberger, 12 May, 2009 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

such a very cool syrphid
Neat find, Ron!!
… Kevin Hall, 6 May, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kevin
At first, I thought the striping was from flash artifacts. Hope to see this one again.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 May, 2009 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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