Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus occidentalis
Photo#535365
Wide flies - Toxomerus occidentalis - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Wide flies - Toxomerus occidentalis - Male Female
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 20, 2011
I can't go wrong with the male / female boxes on this one.
I is interesting the differences on the top of the face, between the eyes.

Images of this individual: tag all
Wide flies - Toxomerus occidentalis - male - female Wide flies - Toxomerus occidentalis - male - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 26 June, 2011 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Hartmut Wisch, 26 June, 2011 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hartmut!
Nice that you can recognize them even at an angle!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 28 June, 2011 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Toxomerus occidentalis,
Syrphidae.
… Hartmut Wisch, 26 June, 2011 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact