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Sphaerophoria - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - male

Sphaerophoria - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - Male
Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, Alameda County, California, USA
May 11, 2009
Possibly S. pyrrhina or S. sulphuripes.

S. pyrrhina has more brownish tones so I may be wrong in my guess.

Moved

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria.

Sphaerophoria, agreed.
So far, none of them here have been IDed to species. Here's hoping yours is the first, Alice.

 
Martin Identified My Other...
Martin Hauser identified my other Sphaerophoria with a "probably pyrrhina" id:
Sphaerophoria image 1
Sphaerophoria image 2

Looks like yours.

 
Neat!
They all do look the same. I think you have another breakthrough going here.

 
Whoops...
It was Chris Thompson not Martin Hauser who identified my other fly.

 
Ahhh I was surprised that I w
Ahhh I was surprised that I would ID a Sphaerophoria to species without dissecting it (the only reliable method for this genus). And I would have said S. sulphuripes, but without a male specimen on hand, it is nearly impossible to ID....

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