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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus marginatus
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Syrphid Fly - Toxomerus marginatus - female
Copyright © 2010 Mark Swanson

Syrphid Fly - Toxomerus marginatus - Female
Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 23, 2008
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Contributed by Mark Swanson on 10 July, 2010 - 3:53pm
Last updated 6 December, 2021 - 10:03am

Moved
Moved from Toxomerus.
… Even Dankowicz, 6 December, 2021 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Mark Swanson, 2 December, 2010 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Swanson, 10 July, 2010 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

Gravid female syrphid, brimming with eggs.
Do you have a shot from above showing the pattern? That would make ID quick and certain. Lacking that, a very good guess would be Toxomerus marginatus, probably the most commonly posed syrphid here.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 July, 2010 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
ID to genus: Toxomerus
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… Ron Hemberger, 2 December, 2010 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Unfortunately, that's my only shot.
… Mark Swanson, 10 July, 2010 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

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