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syrphidae? - Eristalis anthophorina

41.44°N x 73.63°W, Dutchess County, New York, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: 13mm

I believe this is in Syrphidae from the big dip down in the Rs (R 4+5 is it?), but would love some help....

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syrphidae? - Eristalis anthophorina

Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 19 July, 2009 - 7:58pm
Last updated 10 December, 2012 - 10:12am

Moved

Moved from Eristalis anthophorina.

… Martin Hauser, 13 April, 2010 - 10:36am

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Moved from Subgenus Eoseristalis.

… Martin Hauser, 13 April, 2010 - 10:36am

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Moved from Flies.

… Martin Hauser, 18 October, 2009 - 10:37pm

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… Ken Schneider, 18 August, 2009 - 5:51pm

Most syrphids have a spurious vein

See:

I'm notoriously bad with dead specimens, but wish you luck, Ethan.

… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2009 - 9:00pm

yes

I think the spurious vein is tough to see in the photo; easier on the left wing.

… Ethan Friedman, 20 July, 2009 - 12:04pm

Good. That's one hurdle behind you.

There aren't many fuzzy syrphids, so that should also help a bit. So should the fact that the wings have markings.

Three areas to explore:

Eristalis - there are loads of these and shape looks right

Narcissus bulb fly - a hairy one

Bee minics - do a search to turn some up

… Ron Hemberger, 20 July, 2009 - 1:26pm

Possible shortcut

… Ron Hemberger, 20 July, 2009 - 3:59pm

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