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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Hadromyia » subgenus Chrysosomidia (Hadromyia subgenus Chrysosomidia) » Hadromyia pulchra
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Syrphid Fly - Hadromyia pulchra
Copyright © 2010 Cheryl Moorehead

Syrphid Fly - Hadromyia pulchra
Paradise, Mt. Rainier, Pierce County, Washington, USA
August 13, 2010
Size: 19mm
I think it's the same species as but the abdomen was thinner.
Found on Subalpine Spiraea, Spiraea douglasii.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 15 August, 2010 - 11:45am
Last updated 3 March, 2015 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Hadromyia.
… Kevin Moran, 3 March, 2015 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Hadromyia pulchra
This is Hadromyia pulchra. See the black setose thoracic dorsum and the extremely dense ventral scutellar fringe. Also see the grey pollinose fasciae above the transverse suture which is only found in this species. This species is variable in the metallic color on the abdomen. I have seen members of this species with a blue metallic abdomen, a green metallic abdomen and a bronze metallic abdomen.
… Kevin Moran, 30 September, 2014 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 30 August, 2010 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 16 August, 2010 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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