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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus opinator
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Maybe a Eupeodes species? - Syrphus opinator
Copyright © 2010 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Maybe a Eupeodes species? - Syrphus opinator
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
April 19, 2010
There seem to be a large number of syrphids flying around that are just slightly different in size and markings! At first I thought male, but the eyes don't actually touch...

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Maybe a Eupeodes species? - Syrphus opinator Maybe a Eupeodes species? - Syrphus opinator
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 20 April, 2010 - 2:02pm
Last updated 12 December, 2016 - 10:11am

Moved
Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 12 December, 2016 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 17 January, 2016 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 30 December, 2014 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 20 April, 2010 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

I would
also lean toward Eupeodes on this.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 20 April, 2010 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Eupeodes, thirded.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 April, 2010 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You!
Thanks for the help!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 20 April, 2010 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

On second thought, maybe not
This seems not as "hairy", and more yellow...

Maybe a Eupeodes species?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 20 April, 2010 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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