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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus
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reminds of Epistrophe - Syrphus
Copyright © 2013 Even Dankowicz

reminds of Epistrophe - Syrphus
Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 28, 2013
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 13 November, 2013 - 6:58am
Last updated 11 September, 2017 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 September, 2017 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Syrphus .... male
Syrphus .... male.
Not Epistrophe grossulariae where the yellow markings on the abdomen don`t narrow before overlapping side margin.
… Bill Dean, 11 September, 2017 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Epistrophe
I have ones here in NS with exactly the same markings. Could be Epistrophe grossulariae.
… Paul S Boyer, 31 August, 2017 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, another nice, handy, catchall category.
These will be fine for future use!
… Ron Hemberger, 5 January, 2014 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Blame =v= :^) I'd ID'd (wow,
Blame =v= :^) I'd ID'd (wow, the spelling there) many of the flies in the Syrphidae category to one of these three genera, and thus this category was born... the three are surprisingly hard to tell apart, but your type of gestalt thinking is a strong asset here.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Hopefully, some of the European experts will rediscover the site
Gerard, in particular, would make short work of many of these. (He's heavily Gestalt.)
… Ron Hemberger, 5 January, 2014 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I've been reading both of you
I've been reading both of your comments, and am beginning to see some similar things, which has been very helpful!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Tribe Syrphini is a safe bet.
I think you're correct because of the ivory color, but it might be Syrphus. (Definitely not Eupeodes.)
… Ron Hemberger, 13 November, 2013 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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