Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#86255
Syrphid from California - Helophilus fasciatus

Syrphid from California - Helophilus fasciatus
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
November 7, 2006

Images of this individual: tag all
Syrphid from California - Helophilus fasciatus - female Syrphid from California - Helophilus fasciatus Syrphid from California - Helophilus fasciatus

Glad you posted these -
it prompted me to go down there, saw a few (all on Baccharis salicifolia), but they were very skittish. Quite large, I estimate 15-16 mm.

 
Glad you liked them.
It's a very pretty fly. I also found them hard to approach, except for the one who adopted me the second time out.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.