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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Scaeva » Scaeva affinis
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Syrphini - Scaeva affinis - male
Copyright © 2009 Rukkas

Syrphini - Scaeva affinis - Male
Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California, USA
May 24, 2009
Visiting flowers in meadow.

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Contributed by Rukkas on 3 June, 2009 - 8:45am
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 12:31am

Indeed
It's a male Scaeva pyrastri! Typical are the spots and the swollen forehead!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 3 June, 2009 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Gerard!
I appreciate your help!
… Rukkas, 3 June, 2009 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Gerard to the rescue!
Thanks 2X
… Ron Hemberger, 3 June, 2009 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

ID to tribe Syrphini is good.
Maybe you've already been through this, but there are two nearly identical candidates - Eupeodes and Scaeva pyrastri. I think yours is the latter, but don't always distinguish them well and can't quite make this one out. Hopefully, Gerard will comment.

This post gets into some of the differences:
… Ron Hemberger, 3 June, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yes, I was thinking Epeodes but was only confident enough for Syrphini. Not the greatest photo but I hope Gerard can take a look.
… Rukkas, 3 June, 2009 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

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