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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Chalcosyrphus » subgenus Xylotomima (Chalcosyrphus subgenus Xylotomima) » Chalcosyrphus nemorum
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Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Copyright © 2014 Michael Battenberg

Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Toronto - Toronto Botanical Gardens, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
May 14, 2014
The legs and orange abdominal stripe were distinctive

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Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus nemorum Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus nemorum
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Contributed by Michael Battenberg on 15 May, 2014 - 6:49am
Last updated 26 February, 2016 - 9:36pm

Moved
Moved from Xylotina.
… Martin Hauser, 26 February, 2016 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 May, 2014 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

Either Chalcosyrphus (Xylotom
Either Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) or Xylota - they're hard to tell apart without a view of the underside. Nice shot!

Using Jeff Skevington's "Field Guide to the Syrphidae of Northeastern North America," this looks very much like Chalcosyrphus nemorum, assuming the orange abdominal stripe is on the top of the fly?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 May, 2014 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Was hoping for Xylota....
....since there are none listed for Ontario ;) I will go through my other images and see what I can find. Thanks for the link to the key.
… Michael Battenberg, 15 May, 2014 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah - as you can see from th
Yeah - as you can see from the name, Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) looks a lot like Xylota!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 May, 2014 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 May, 2014 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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