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Bombyliidae? - Eristalis arbustorum - female
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Bombyliidae? - Eristalis arbustorum - Female
Colson, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
July 20, 2013
Was sitting on a leaf, next to a field and creek.

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Bombyliidae? - Eristalis arbustorum - female Bombyliidae? - Eristalis arbustorum - female
Contributed by Lisa I. on 8 February, 2014 - 11:09pm
Last updated 19 September, 2019 - 9:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 February, 2014 - 2:39pm

Syrphid I think
Close to this one

… John Rosenfeld, 8 February, 2014 - 11:18pm

 
Yes - Eristalis arbustorum
Yes - definitely something in Eristalis (Syrphidae).

(on a second look, John is correct - it's Eristalis arbustorum; the broadly yellow middle tibia and yellowish middle leg basal tarsomeres distinguish it from E. brousii - see here)
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 February, 2014 - 3:00am

 
Thanks
for your help.
… Lisa I., 9 February, 2014 - 12:20am

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