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Water Strider eating a Syrphid Fly - Aquarius remigis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Water Strider eating a Syrphid Fly - Aquarius remigis
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
April 20, 2006
That syrphid looks interesting. Now I wish I had rescued it. Is there enough showing to place the fly to genus?
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 April, 2006 - 9:57pm
Last updated 7 May, 2013 - 12:50am

Moved
Moved from Gerris.
… Brady Richards, 7 May, 2013 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

Probably tribe Syrphini
That's based on the bronze area on the thorax and the striped abdomen. Next step, genus likely Eupeodes or Syrphus, and there it ends.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 June, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
That does looks like Syrphini
I'm satisfied with that identification from this picture. It shows the strider ok, but the fly isn't so good.
… tom murray, 13 June, 2007 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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