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Syrphid Fly - Hoverfly

Toxomerus geminatus

Description:

From Bug Guide - Scutellum blackish with well-defined yellow margin; abdomen yellow with black bands that reach the margin (i.e. margin of abdomen is alternately black and yellow); tip of abdomen pointed in female, rounded in male; top of thorax dark bronzy-brown to blackish with yellow margin; wings clear; eyes large, reddish-brown; face white with thin strip projecting upward between eyes; forehead dark; antennae yellow; back of head white

Habitat:

Found from eastern Canada south to Texas

Notes:

Thanks to Bug Guide for this identification

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PucaK
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PucaK

Winder, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Jun 16, 2015
Submitted on Jun 16, 2015

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