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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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Is this Allograpta, and what is it doing? - Allograpta obliqua
Copyright © 2006 Chuck Entz

Is this Allograpta, and what is it doing? - Allograpta obliqua
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 16, 2006
Size: 1/4 inch
On Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) in my front yard. I found its posture a bit odd, and it doesn't seem to have its face in a flower.

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Is this Allograpta, and what is it doing? - Allograpta obliqua Is this Allograpta, and what is it doing? - Allograpta obliqua
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 17 April, 2006 - 6:41am
Last updated 9 January, 2016 - 3:27am

Moved
Moved from obliqua or exotica.

Markings on tergite 2 are consistent with obliqua; see:

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 January, 2016 - 3:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Oblique Syrphid.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 December, 2013 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 January, 2009 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Certainly looks like Allograpta
Posture is odd, based on what I've seen and Guide photos. However, there are some shots showing a slightly downcurved fly.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2007 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Post revisited.
Allograpta obliqua
… Ron Hemberger, 14 November, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
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(Erroneous comment about species ID removed by author)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 May, 2013 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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