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Platycheirus
Photo#892629
Copyright © 2014
Rebecca Simrose
Puppy-faced shiny fly -
Platycheirus
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
June 2, 2012
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Contributed by
Rebecca Simrose
on 11 February, 2014 - 10:24pm
Either Platycheirus stegnus o
Either
Platycheirus stegnus
or
P. stegnoides
given the punctate face and location.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 6 December, 2016 - 10:08pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 11 February, 2014 - 11:15pm
Thanks!
Thanks!
…
Rebecca Simrose
, 11 February, 2014 - 11:07pm
I love your description! Thi
I love your description! This is
Platycheirus
, a syrphid fly (Syrphidae). Many of the species in the genus are silvery instead of yellow and black, and the protruding face (puppylike, as you mention) is also quite characteristic, though not all
Platycheirus
have it.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 11 February, 2014 - 10:56pm
Thanks for the ID!
Thanks for the ID!
…
Rebecca Simrose
, 11 February, 2014 - 11:10pm