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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Criorhinina » Criorhina » Criorhina kincaidi
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Syrphid Flies Mating - Criorhina kincaidi - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Hart

Syrphid Flies Mating - Criorhina kincaidi - Male Female
5 mi. south of Port Angeles, ~2,000 ft. elevation, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 20, 2011
Size: ~1.8 cm
Visiting our earliest-blooming Rhododendron--which is 3-4 weeks behind this year--we saw this syrphid fly pair mating.

See this for comparison (where I also at first thought robber fly and had to correct [slaps forehead]):

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 22 June, 2011 - 5:54pm
Last updated 26 September, 2014 - 11:59pm

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Moved from Criorhina.
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