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Hover fly

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Urban garden

Species ID Suggestions

Grey-banded Hoverfly

Episyrphus viridaureus (Wiedemann, 1824)

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Võ Anh Tuấn
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Hover Fly

Syrphinae sp.

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John B.
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Comments (3)
mnc2113
Võ Anh Tuấn Thanks, Sir.
mnc2113
Thanks for the info, Mr. John B. Indeed, I thought it is a bee. What a surprise to learn a fly can look eye-catching! From the link you forwarded, I guess it is a female syrphus ribesii?
John B.
Hi mnc2113, just to add a little information to my I.D. suggestion. You might have been thinking that your specimen was a wasp or a bee, but it is actually a fly. If you look at the website in my suggestion, it will give you an idea of what you are looking for. Then maybe you could search through internet pictures of Family - Syrphidae and almost certainly Subfamily - Syrphinae. You will get there in the end. I just saw your spotting a few minutes ago and did not yet have time to search, but I will have a look and let you know if I find the exact species. John B.

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