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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus
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Syrphid Eggs - Helophilus
Copyright © 2006 Jay Cossey

Syrphid Eggs - Helophilus
Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
October 7, 2006
I'm confident these are Syrphid eggs--can anyone confirm? There were numerous Helophilus sp. flies in the area and numerous egg masses on the underside of leaves directly over a vernal pool.
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Contributed by Jay Cossey on 25 October, 2006 - 10:00am
Last updated 15 August, 2008 - 8:48pm

Moved
Moved from eggs.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 August, 2008 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Wow!
This is a beautiful shot!
… Michael Pettigrew, 26 October, 2006 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Great shot!
Size would help with ID. I know, I forget to measure all the time. . . If you know the plant, it would be possible to measure the size of the spacing between veins in the leaf.
BTW, check this page. They look almost identical.
… Beatriz Moisset, 26 October, 2006 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the link!
I guess that pretty much confirms the ID. I'd say the eggs were about 3 mm tall. I can't remember if the leaf was beech or hickory.
… Jay Cossey, 26 October, 2006 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Wow, cool shots
on that page!
… Ashley Bradford, 26 October, 2006 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

VERY NICE!
A great photo of something I've always wanted to see.

Thanks!
… Steve Pelikan, 25 October, 2006 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

What a great shot!
I thought bowling alley as well! =)
… Ashley Bradford, 25 October, 2006 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Except for the green landscape, I imagined Penguins huddling together in a snowstorm. Amazing how meticulously the mother fly placed each of her eggs and how the outside eggs lean inward toward the others.
… Jay Cossey, 25 October, 2006 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
It IS amazing -
I was noticing how the ones in back stretch away in nearly-straight lines. Very cool!
… Ashley Bradford, 25 October, 2006 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

Looking at
Looking at the thumbnail, I thought, either bowling alley or milk processing plant.

Neat photo, though I don't know the ID!
… Stephen_WV, 25 October, 2006 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Nice shot
The flies that I know laying mass white eggs close to water edges are species in Tabanidae. Here are coupld of image and for comparison. - Chen
… Chen Young, 25 October, 2006 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

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