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Fly - Platycheirus
Copyright © 2013 Mardon Erbland

Fly - Platycheirus
N47.630667 W52.687423, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 16, 2013
Size: 10 mm head to wing tips

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Fly - Platycheirus Fly - Platycheirus Fly - Platycheirus
Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 16 August, 2013 - 4:56pm
Last updated 11 November, 2014 - 5:26pm

Moved
Moved from Platycheirus or Melanostoma.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 11 November, 2014 - 5:26pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

These two genera can be difficult to tell apart; hopefully someone will take the plunge! Moving them out of Syrphidae to clarify the ID situation.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 7 January, 2014 - 1:03am

Platycheirus? Or maybe Melan
Platycheirus? Or maybe Melanostoma?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 30 November, 2013 - 9:57pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 16 August, 2013 - 11:38pm

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