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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Eupeodes (Eupeodes subgenus Eupeodes) » Bird Hover Fly (Eupeodes volucris)
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Large Syrphid - Eupeodes volucris - female
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Large Syrphid - Eupeodes volucris - Female
Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
February 6, 2007
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 6 February, 2007 - 11:19pm
Last updated 7 April, 2013 - 1:51pm

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 April, 2013 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scaeva pyrastri.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 April, 2008 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Not Scaeva
But again a female of Eupeodes sp.!
Compare the shape of the spots on this one with those of a real pyrastri:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/175037
Can you see the difference? In pyrastri the spots are more or less hooked a bit, in this one they are more rounded!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 15 April, 2008 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I can see the difference.
Thanks, Gerard, for your insights.

Scaeva, for comparison:
… Ron Hemberger, 15 April, 2008 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably E. volucris
See:


(written 12-1-10) Still not sure. Red legs would do it.
… Ron Hemberger, 9 December, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, E. volucris
Moved to species.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 April, 2013 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

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