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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Orange-legged Drone Fly (Eristalis flavipes)
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Bumble Bee or Fly? - Eristalis flavipes - female
Copyright © 2010 Carol Davis

Bumble Bee or Fly? - Eristalis flavipes - Female
Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch County, Utah, USA
August 4, 2010
Size: about 1/2 inch
I took these pictures thinking this was a bumble bee because of the size and coloring but now I'm wondering if it's some kind of syrphid fly. It has funny eyes.

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Bumble Bee or Fly? - Eristalis flavipes - female Bumble Bee or Fly? - Eristalis flavipes - female
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 4 August, 2010 - 5:55pm
Last updated 14 September, 2010 - 5:31pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Carol Davis, 14 September, 2010 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Eristalis flavipes
Female!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 14 September, 2010 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks, Gerard!
… Carol Davis, 14 September, 2010 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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… Keith Bayless, 8 September, 2010 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

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Moved for expert attention.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 August, 2010 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a fly.
I won't venture any further than that (although I suspect you are correct that it's a Syrphid).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 August, 2010 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

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