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Syrphus ribesii BugGuide confirmed :) Common Flower Fly,Geotagged,Summer,Syrphus ribesii,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Syrphus ribesii

BugGuide confirmed :)

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    Christine Young
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    Looks like a good guess to me: yellow legs, black frons, abdominal bands with no margin. The eyes look bare, I think? I absolutely can't see the microtrichia on the 2nd basal cell, but I find that feature SO hard to see. Good idea to seek a confirmation on BG. Posted 3 years ago

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The Common Flower Fly

"Syrphus ribesii" is a very common European species of hoverfly. Its larvae feed on aphids. In common with many other species of hoverfly, males have the eyes meeting on the top of the head, whilst females have their eyes widely separated.

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Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Aug 23, 2022. Captured Aug 21, 2022 14:07 in VC97+Q8 Sunrise, WA, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/11.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO800
  • 80mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.