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Genus Chrysogaster

which fly please? big red eyes small blue body - Chrysogaster Fly 2 - Chrysogaster Small Fly on Hydrangea - Chrysogaster blue frit? fly - Chrysogaster blue flower fly female feeding on Physocarpus opulifolius - Chrysogaster - female blue flower fly female feeding on Physocarpus opulifolius - Chrysogaster - female brown flower fly male feeding on Physocarpus opulifolius - Chrysogaster - male Chrysogaster? - Chrysogaster
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Brachyopini
Subtribe Brachyopina
Genus Chrysogaster
Explanation of Names
Chrysogaster Meigen 1803
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), ~40 total
Range
in our area, e. half of NA(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.