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Eristalis sp.

Photo by Kyle A
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 3/8 inch long.

Habitat:

Spotted on goldenrod bordering an open field and wetlands.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Kyle A
Bugguide agrees with your ID. Eristalis it is! Thanks for the help. http://bugguide.net/node/view/996733
Kyle A
After scrolling through some images on bugguide, it looks to be a close match. Still iffy though. I'll post it there and see if that pans out. Again, thanks for the info.
Kyle A
Thank you for the pointer. I'll check out that on BugGuide.

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PublishedSeptember 16, 2014

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