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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus » Helophilus fasciatus
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Flying insect (possible wasp family) Golden guide doesn't appear to list it. - Helophilus fasciatus - female
Copyright © 2010 David Burnett

Flying insect (possible wasp family) Golden guide doesn't appear to list it. - Helophilus fasciatus - Female
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
September 1, 2010
Size: 1 inch in length
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Contributed by David Burnett on 1 September, 2010 - 3:45pm
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 8:24am

Moved
Moved from Helophilus.
… John F. Carr, 18 December, 2017 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

Helophilus fasciatus ..... fe
Helophilus fasciatus ..... female
… Bill Dean, 18 December, 2017 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 1 September, 2010 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Fly
Syrphid Fly - --looks like it may be Helophilus.
… Ilona L., 1 September, 2010 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Good call, Ilona, Helophilus it is.
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… Ron Hemberger, 1 September, 2010 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid Fly - Helophilus.
Thank you all for the identification. In over 50 years of gardening this is the first of these I have ever seen.
… David Burnett, 2 September, 2010 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

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