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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Ocyptamus » Ocyptamus fuscipennis
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Hoverfly - Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Hoverfly - Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 31, 2005
Size: aprox.15mm
They seem to spent most of their time hovering rather than feeding.
It seems that it should be the other way around.
I am now wondering if this is Baccha elongata the elongate aphid fly. It was hovering over butterflyweed that was covered with aphids. The adults nectar but the larva prey on aphids. Perhaps the larva pic I submitted was it's larva, tho it seems large for the adult.
I await the judgement of the experts.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 1 September, 2005 - 11:37am
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 11:41am

Moved
Moved from Ocyptamus.
… Martin Hauser, 8 January, 2015 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
… Kevin Moran, 8 January, 2015 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Ocyptamus
Sorry that is not a Sphegina. The hindlegs would be much thicker and the face is also different. This is a nice shot of Ocyptamus sp.
… Martin Hauser, 14 February, 2006 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

No Baccha I think
I do not think it is Baccha. To my knwoledge the have an even longer and more costricted abdomen. It more reminds me of Sphegina or something closely related.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 9 September, 2005 - 2:30am login or register to post comments

 
hoverfly
Thanks Paul.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 9 September, 2005 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

very cool shot John Moerk
very cool shot
John Moerk
… John & Barbara Moerk, 1 September, 2005 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
hoverfly
Thanks John.
Cool fly.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 September, 2005 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

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