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Ceriana abbreviata
Photo#276381
Copyright © 2009
Tom Bentley
Syrphid Fly -
Ceriana abbreviata
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Salt Lick Point Land & Water Reserve, Monroe County, Illinois, USA
May 9, 2009
Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 17 May, 2009 - 7:44pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 7:43pm
Nice pic! It is a Ceriana, ma
Nice pic! It is a Ceriana, maybe abbreviata. Sphiximorpha has the antenna directly on the head, while Ceriana has a tube like structure on which the antenna are sitting... This is to make short Diptera antennae making look like long wasp antennae...
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Martin Hauser
, 17 May, 2009 - 8:16pm
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Even Dankowicz
, 24 June, 2020 - 3:53pm
thanks Martin
thanks Martin
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Tom Bentley
, 17 May, 2009 - 8:17pm
Moved
Moved from
Sphiximorpha
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Martin Hauser
, 17 May, 2009 - 8:13pm