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Transverse Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa)
Photo#71322
Copyright © 2006
Donna Hollinger
Some kind of (beautiful) fly. -
Eristalis transversa
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
August 14, 2006
This fly reminds me of scarab beetles.
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Contributed by
Donna Hollinger
on 17 August, 2006 - 9:08pm
Last updated 23 August, 2006 - 5:09pm
Hover Fly
Some kind of
syrphid
.
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Peter Hollinger
, 17 August, 2006 - 9:29pm
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I agree
I agree, and it looks like Eristalis sp.
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Stephen_WV
, 18 August, 2006 - 5:37am
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Eristalis transversa?
Here's a similar example (
Eristalis transversa
):
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Peter Hollinger
, 18 August, 2006 - 9:06am
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Female?
Judging by the comments on
#20570
and
#17282
, this is
Eristalis transversa
, and the dull scutelum may mean it's a female.
"yellow scutellum and bicolored thorax (gray front half, black rear half) is diagnostic"
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Peter Hollinger
, 18 August, 2006 - 6:27pm
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