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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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unknown dipteran - Allograpta obliqua - male
Copyright © 2010 Michael Butler

unknown dipteran - Allograpta obliqua - Male
Pukaskwa National Park, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
June 28, 2010
Size: 10 mm
feeding on the flower of an endangered Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri).
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Contributed by Michael Butler on 28 June, 2010 - 8:01pm
Last updated 28 June, 2010 - 9:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 June, 2010 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Genus Allograpta
Someone else may be able to narrow it down further :-) It's definitely not micrura, and Bugguide has some obliqua images that seem to match. Maybe someone can rule out the other two Allograpta species.
… John Schneider, 28 June, 2010 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
ID: Allograpta obliqua
Note oblique marking at far end of abdomen. Oh, and it's a boy. (Eyes touch top front.)
… Ron Hemberger, 28 June, 2010 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome
Ron and others, thanks for sharing your expertise.
… Michael Butler, 29 June, 2010 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

 
oblique markings
yeah, i just didn't know if the other species had those and just obliqua was the one that got named for it. But it looks like maybe range rules out exotica and radiata anyway...
… John Schneider, 28 June, 2010 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid of some kind.
Someone else will probably be able to narrow it down for you.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 June, 2010 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

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