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Photo by BarbaraSing
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Field Notes

Description:

Attractive insect fly or wasp with body 15mm long.

Habitat:

Paper Daisy

Species ID Suggestions

Melangyna viridiceps

Melangyna viridiceps

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (2)
Vinny
Great photo, love the detail
Leuba Ridgway
This is a Hoverfly (family: Syrphidae). Will have a look to see I can get it down to species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly

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Pollinating Insects of the World
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PublishedOctober 8, 2014

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