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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Brachypalpus » subgenus Brachypalpus (Brachypalpus subgenus Brachypalpus) » Brachypalpus oarus
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Robber Fly - Brachypalpus oarus
Copyright © 2014 Lynn Murphy

Robber Fly - Brachypalpus oarus
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
May 31, 2014
This robber fly landed on a tree and I was able to get a few pictures of it. I would like to know the species of this fly.
Robber flies are my favorite and this is the first one I've seen this spring. I took the pictures at 2:00 p.m. The habitat
is a woodland with conifers and sandy soil. There is a trail that hikers use. The location is in the western Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. Thank you.

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Contributed by Lynn Murphy on 2 June, 2014 - 6:25pm
Last updated 3 August, 2014 - 11:58pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Ben's got it - Brachypalpus oarus. Chalcosyrphus inarmatus looks very similar and is also in your area, but has bright orange on the hind tarsomeres, which this fly lacks.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 August, 2014 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Looks like Brachypalpus oarus to me.
… Ben Coulter, 29 July, 2014 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

looks like a syrphid to me
… v belov, 2 June, 2014 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid Fly
Thanks for the identification on the syrphid fly. -- Lynn Murphy
… Lynn Murphy, 2 June, 2014 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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