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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Sericomyiina » Sericomyia » chalcopyga complex  (Sericomyia chalcopyga complex ) » Western Pond Fly (Sericomyia chalcopyga)
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Sericomyia chalcopyga? at the Oregon Dunes - Sericomyia chalcopyga - male
Copyright © 2011 Scott Loarie

Sericomyia chalcopyga? at the Oregon Dunes - Sericomyia chalcopyga - Male
Florence, Lane County, Oregon, USA
March 5, 2011
Size: 2cm
Flying around at the Oregon Dunes

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Sericomyia chalcopyga? at the Oregon Dunes - Sericomyia chalcopyga - male Sericomyia chalcopyga? at the Oregon Dunes - Sericomyia chalcopyga
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Contributed by Scott Loarie on 8 March, 2011 - 4:29pm
Last updated 22 June, 2013 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from Sericomyia.
… Martin Hauser, 22 June, 2013 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 March, 2011 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Sericomyia, at any rate
I don't know these well enough to get it to species - there are 11 possibilities - but others might.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 March, 2011 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2011 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

I unlinked your images
The black and yellow individuals are Syrphids (maybe Sericomyia, as you suggest, or something similar). The others appear to be Tachinids.

Linking is reserved for images of the same individual.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2011 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Are you sure they are not the same species? Is it possible to link the two Syrphids (same individual) and the two Tachinids since they are definitely the same critters?
… Scott Loarie, 8 March, 2011 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I linked the Syrphids...
...and cross referenced the other two with thumbnails since they are different individuals.

I also changed "immature" to "adult" on the other two. If they have wings, even unexpanded, they're all grown up. Immature flies are maggots. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2011 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point!
And thanks! Do you know what the Tachnid larvae were doing in the Sand Dunes?
… Scott Loarie, 8 March, 2011 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Tachinid is just my best guess.
The fly experts will be able to confirm or correct. Obviously, the flies pupated in the dunes and were emerging as adults. Once we know for sure what they are, we'll be able to say more about their life cycle.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2011 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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