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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Dioprosopa » Dioprosopa clavata
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Syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata
Copyright © 2012 Karen Anthonisen Finch

Syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
April 2, 2012
Size: Approx. 1.5 cm
The eyes make me think it's a fly. It eclosed from a pupa on a pea plant where ants tended aphids.

Update later - Here is a larva that was on the same plant in this thumb:

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Contributed by Karen Anthonisen Finch on 3 April, 2012 - 11:56am
Last updated 7 April, 2012 - 10:52am

Thanks Ron!
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 April, 2012 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Guessing Pseudodoros...



..or something in that neighborhood.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2012 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ken!
.
… Karen Anthonisen Finch, 7 April, 2012 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
You're right, Ken.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 April, 2012 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I should have mentioned
that of course there were also syrphid larvae on the pea plant, so now it fits. I'll try to get a larva photo up from this plant that same day. Might not be till Thursday.
… Karen Anthonisen Finch, 3 April, 2012 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I added the photo of nearby larva.
See the thumbnail in description above.
… Karen Anthonisen Finch, 5 April, 2012 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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