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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Syrphid - Toxomerus geminatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Brenda Gardener

Syrphid - Toxomerus geminatus - Female
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 11, 2006
Size: 5-7mm
I think it's a fly, because of the two wings thing, but it looks like a bee. Very small. (Flower is Helichrysum (Bracteantha) Yellow "Strawflower")
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Contributed by Brenda Gardener on 25 June, 2006 - 9:32pm
Last updated 29 June, 2006 - 2:15am

Syrphid, actually
Neat little guys and often very colorful. Lots of kinds. Check these:



Strangely enough, bee flies look less like bees when at rest, though they do look like them in flight. Search "bee flies" for more on that topic.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 June, 2006 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
this one looks like
a female (pointed abdomen) Toxomerus geminatus - the scutellum is blackish with a well-defined yellow margin, and the margin of the abdomen is alternately black and yellow, whereas in T. marginatus the scutellum is brownish and/or yellowish, and the abdomen has a continuous thin yellow margin

see field marks of both species
… Robin McLeod, 28 June, 2006 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Brenda Gardener, 29 June, 2006 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Brenda Gardener, 26 June, 2006 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

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