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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Orthonevra » pictipennis species group (Orthonevra pictipennis species group) » Orthonevra pulchella
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Syrphid Fly - Orthonevra pulchella - female
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Syrphid Fly - Orthonevra pulchella - Female
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 17, 2011
Size: 6 mm
On elderberry flowers. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 17 July, 2011 - 9:16pm
Last updated 21 June, 2021 - 11:25am

Moved
Moved from pictipennis species group.
… John F. Carr, 23 October, 2011 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orthonevra.
… John F. Carr, 22 October, 2011 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

O. pulchella seem to be the best match...
...among those in the Ontario guide.
pls wait for the experts
Moved from Brachyopini.
… v belov, 18 July, 2011 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It's amazing how many cool syrphids have come to the elderberry bushes in our ravine (a late-blooming variety, the native bushes are well past flowering).
… Karl Hillig, 18 July, 2011 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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