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syrphid fly large tiger striped

Spilomyia crandalli

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

large syrphid fly, almost 1 cm, narrowly banded stripes, unusually green black banded compound eyes

Habitat:

in Boneset and Avens garden patch

Reference Links:

Spilomyia sp.? - Spilomyia crandalli - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Syrphid fly

Genus Spilomyia

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
HarumKoh
very nice! I found similar hover-fly in japan. :))

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PublishedOctober 11, 2013

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