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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Milesiina » Spilomyia » Spilomyia alcimus
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*Solved!* Spilomyia alcimus - Spilomyia alcimus
Copyright © 2013 Benjamin JD

*Solved!* Spilomyia alcimus - Spilomyia alcimus
Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
July 24, 2013
Spilomyia alcimus. Thanks!
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Contributed by Benjamin JD on 24 July, 2013 - 10:13pm
Last updated 18 August, 2013 - 1:29pm

must be it; good call
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 August, 2013 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Believe it or not
this is not a bee at all; rather a fly in the family Syrphidae.
… roar, 24 July, 2013 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, I wouldn't have figured
Wow, I wouldn't have figured that out in a hundred years! Thank you!

I'm thinking this is Spilomyia alcimus, can anyone confirm?
… Benjamin JD, 24 July, 2013 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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