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Category: Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies)

Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

August 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I am not positive that this Syrphid fly is Chrysotoxum flavifrons. The fact that the last segment of the antenna…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chrysotoxum, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Chrysotoxum flavifrons, Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

Spilomyia interrupta

July 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Spilomyia, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Spilomyia interrupta

Myathropa florea

July 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Myathropa, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Batman Fly, Deadhead Fly, Myathropa florea, Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Helophilus fasciatus (Narrow-headed Marsh Fly)

October 2, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There is something particularly fascinating to me about the members of the family Syrphidae (flower flies or hover flies). Part…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Helophilus, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Helophilus fasciatus, Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

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