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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus politus
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TN_Diptera-sp1 - Toxomerus politus
Copyright © 2011 Elin Pierce

TN_Diptera-sp1 - Toxomerus politus
Shelby Forest, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
July 15, 2011
Size: 13mm length-approx
In the garden during the day here in the hardwood forest, sw TN, I was photographing a moth atop my camera case when this fly came and checked out the moth. They seem to be attracted to dead things (as far as I can tell from past observations of similar looking flies), but this moth was alive, so it left after a few seconds' rest.
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Contributed by Elin Pierce on 19 October, 2011 - 12:20pm
Last updated 1 May, 2012 - 2:44pm

Moved
Moved from Toxomerus.
… Martin Hauser, 1 May, 2012 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 17 December, 2011 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 October, 2011 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid
Looks as if it could be a very lightly marked Toxomerus politus:



But wait for confirmation/correction from the fly experts.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 October, 2011 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken
for the "Polite" ID! Note in my photo the two points at the end of the abdomen (perhaps of significance?)
… Elin Pierce, 19 October, 2011 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

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