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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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Fly or Bee and ID Please - Allograpta obliqua
Copyright © 2013 bafisbugged

Fly or Bee and ID Please - Allograpta obliqua
Whitby, marina, Ontario, Canada
August 5, 2013
Size: 1/4 inch
Located on a Queen Anne's Lace flower along the Lake Ontario shoreline
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Contributed by bafisbugged on 5 August, 2013 - 3:54pm
Last updated 9 January, 2016 - 2:44am

Moved
Moved from obliqua or exotica.

Markings on tergite 2 are consistent with obliqua; see:

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 January, 2016 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Oblique Syrphid.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 December, 2013 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 August, 2013 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Allograpta obliqua female
… Daniel Mullen, 5 August, 2013 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Allograpta, assuredly female.
Species is either A. obliqua (most likely) or A. exotica, so good going, Daniel. To know for sure, I'd need to see the face and/or the side of the body under the wing. Details here:
… Ron Hemberger, 5 August, 2013 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

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