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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Milesiina » Milesia » Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis)
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fly - Milesia virginiensis - male
Copyright © 2010 Matt Edmonds

fly - Milesia virginiensis - Male
st. pete, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
May 4, 2010
Size: 1 inch
Beautiful fly, but I have no idea what he is.

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 4 May, 2010 - 3:19pm
Last updated 4 May, 2010 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Matt Edmonds, 4 May, 2010 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like
Milesia:



But please wait for expert confirmation/correction.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 May, 2010 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Ken's right.
And it's a boy!
… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2010 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it virginiensis?
I saw a reference in the Guide to a second species with darker wings (which this fella seems to have), so I hedged the ID and kept it at the genus level.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 May, 2010 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Absolute amateur guesses "yes"
It could be M. scutellata, but the upper-body markings don't seem to match the one and only photo of scutellata I can find on the Net. Probably not M. bella, which is a western species. I'd be pretty comfortable calling this one out as virginiensis.
… W. Randy Hoffman, 4 May, 2010 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know.
Genus is as far as I can go on this one.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2010 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the help guys!
… Matt Edmonds, 4 May, 2010 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

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