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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Temnostomina » Temnostoma » Temnostoma balyras
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Bee or fly? - Temnostoma balyras - male - female
Copyright © 2014 David Redfrost

Bee or fly? - Temnostoma balyras - Male Female
Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
June 8, 2014
Size: 15mm
Two bees or flies coupled
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Contributed by David Redfrost on 3 July, 2014 - 1:36pm
Last updated 14 December, 2022 - 7:39pm

Moved
Moved from Temnostoma.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 28 September, 2014 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Temnostoma balyras
You can see the yellow setae on the 5th tergite.
… Kevin Moran, 27 September, 2014 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 July, 2014 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 July, 2014 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

syrphid flies
Remind me of Temnostoma.
… metrioptera, 3 July, 2014 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Temnostoma
Thanks Brandon.
… David Redfrost, 4 July, 2014 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
Yes - Temnostoma, one of the
Yes - Temnostoma, one of the four difficult species.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 July, 2014 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Temnostoma
Can you say which one of the 4 species it is?
… David Redfrost, 4 July, 2014 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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