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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria » Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
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fly - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
Copyright © 2009 Eric Matthews

fly - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA
July 28, 2009
Is this Eupeodes or Syrphus?
and possible species?

The abdomen seems long and narrow compared to some


Thank you
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Contributed by Eric Matthews on 28 July, 2009 - 2:35pm
Last updated 3 August, 2017 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from contigua, novaeangliae, pyrrhina, or sulphuripes.
… Martin Hauser, 3 August, 2017 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 January, 2016 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Suspect Sphaerophoria when you see one with a long body.
You won't get an ID to species on this genus from a photo. Yours is a male - eyes touch at top front.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 July, 2009 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
thank you for the extended explaination
… Eric Matthews, 28 July, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome, Eric.
I thought you'd like the detail.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 July, 2009 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I do...it helps me learn...ha
I do...it helps me learn...have picked up a couple of guide books....and starting to recognize things!
… Eric Matthews, 28 July, 2009 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 28 July, 2009 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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