small fly with red eyes and yellow striped abdomen - Toxomerus geminatus - BugGuide.Net

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small fly with red eyes and yellow striped abdomen - Toxomerus geminatus

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
June 6, 2013

Contributed by KCWildlife on 7 June, 2013 - 3:53pm
Last updated 27 December, 2015 - 4:56pm

Moved

Moved from Toxomerus.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 27 December, 2015 - 4:56pm

Moved

Moved from Syrphini.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 December, 2013 - 5:55pm

Moved

Moved from Syrphid Flies.

… v belov, 14 December, 2013 - 1:50pm

Any chance this is Xanthogram

Any chance this is Xanthogramma flavipes?

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 December, 2013 - 12:44am

Incorrect on my part - this i

Incorrect on my part - this is actually Toxomerus, I think (the stripe on the scutellum on Xanthogramma doesn't extend to the sides of the thorax as on this fly, plus I see some faint marks on the middle of the abdomen that are consistent with Toxomerus.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 December, 2013 - 5:55pm

Moved for expert attention

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 June, 2013 - 4:38pm

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