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Melangyna species I think? - Melangyna - female
Copyright © 2010 Libby & Rick Avis

Melangyna species I think? - Melangyna - Female
subalpine meadow above Louise Goetting Lake, central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 28, 2010
Around 3,000 foot level. Looks like this photo from Victoria:
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 23 November, 2010 - 9:19pm
Last updated 9 February, 2020 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from Melangyna fisherii.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 February, 2020 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

Melangyna.
Melangyna.
… Bill Dean, 1 November, 2015 - 2:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melangyna.
… v belov, 18 December, 2013 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

Looks like Melangyna fisherii
Looks like Melangyna fisherii to me - the spots on tergite 2 are large, nearly reaching the front of the tergite along its entire width and the sides for quite some distance. They look identical to Figure 143 in Vockeroth 1992.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 16 December, 2013 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
The markings on tergite 2 are
The markings on tergite 2 are less pointed in Vockeroth`s picture, making them more quadrate. Melangyna umbellatarum is similar to this. Safe in Melangyna.
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