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Bee-like dark fly - Asemosyrphus polygrammus
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Bee-like dark fly - Asemosyrphus polygrammus
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
December 2, 2005
Size: between 1/4 - 1/2 inch
On a dead Liquidambar leaf in a Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) bush
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 4 December, 2005 - 9:54am
Last updated 25 February, 2010 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 January, 2009 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Asemosyrphus polygrammus (Lejops polygrammus) I think
See:

I realize this is an older image, but do you have anything additional showing the rear leg? Enlarged femur is characteristic.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 18 May, 2007 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid?
Looks like it could be a flower fly (family Syrphidae). Are those white spots on the abdomen actually pigment, or reflected light?
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 December, 2005 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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