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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus
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Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - female
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - Female
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
February 23, 2012
Is this a fly? If so what kind, please? If not, what is it?

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Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - female Syrphid Fly - Syrphus
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 23 February, 2012 - 3:59pm
Last updated 22 November, 2023 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.
… Jeff Brown, 20 November, 2023 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Syrphus ... female
Syrphus ... female
… Bill Dean, 20 November, 2023 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I appreciate the gender ID!
… Nancy Kent, 22 November, 2023 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 17 January, 2016 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… v belov, 14 December, 2013 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 February, 2012 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid Fly
Most of these get placed in Syrphini. If the stripes end at a dark margin in the middle of the abdomen, then it could be Eupeodes. Maybe someone else can tell you more.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 23 February, 2012 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Jon, I appreciate that start for an ID.
… Nancy Kent, 23 February, 2012 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

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