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Fly or Bee ? - Eristalis arbustorum
Copyright © 2014 Mardon Erbland

Fly or Bee ? - Eristalis arbustorum
N47.653567 W52.685433 (WGS84), Outer Cove, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
June 3, 2014
I caught this in a net and photographed it live later at home sitting on a board. It flew away before I got a full dorsal view.

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Fly or Bee ? - Eristalis arbustorum Fly or Bee? - Eristalis arbustorum
Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 4 June, 2014 - 6:06am
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Eoseristalis.
… Martin Hauser, 12 October, 2014 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalis.
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2014 - 10:09am

Moved
Moved from Insects.
… Mardon Erbland, 4 June, 2014 - 7:31am

Eristalis
A fly in the family Syrphidae, genus Eristalis.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 4 June, 2014 - 6:59am

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Mardon Erbland, 4 June, 2014 - 6:15am

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