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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum
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Syrphid fly? - Melanostoma mellinum
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Syrphid fly? - Melanostoma mellinum
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 21, 2013
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Contributed by James Reben on 21 July, 2013 - 8:15pm
Last updated 21 July, 2013 - 10:44pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… James Reben, 21 July, 2013 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 21 July, 2013 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
Melanostoma mellinum?

This great photo seems quite similar, no?


Thanks
… James Reben, 21 July, 2013 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanostoma mellinum confirmed.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2013 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
again. Keep it or frass?
… James Reben, 21 July, 2013 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
About that Data tab on the species page...
Check it to find out where - by state - and when - by month - posts on any given critter were made. Then if you click on one of the entries on the table, you invoke a powerful search tool that gets you to specifics on those posts. Quite handy when researching.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2013 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
By all means, keep it!
It's a first for the Great State of Maine.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2013 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
kept it
Thanks again! Hope to get a better shot someday...
… James Reben, 21 July, 2013 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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