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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus politus
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Corn Fly - Toxomerus politus - female
Copyright © 2014 Sharon Thomas

Corn Fly - Toxomerus politus - Female
Onley, Accomac (Eastern Shore) County, Virginia, USA
August 5, 2014
Size: less than 1/2"
Found on an ear of corn in a cornfield
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Contributed by Sharon Thomas on 5 August, 2014 - 8:50pm
Last updated 19 August, 2016 - 11:29am

Corn pollen
The larvae feed on corn pollen and spend their lives on corn. Nice to see a recently emerged one on a corn plant.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 August, 2016 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Looks like a freshly emerged Toxomerus politus.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 October, 2014 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 1 October, 2014 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 30 August, 2014 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Was it alive?
Syrphidae, but pale and overinflated. It might be freshly emerged or old and decaying. It's not normal.
… John F. Carr, 5 August, 2014 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

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