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Flower Fly

Eristalis tenax

Description:

Female Flower Fly that is a different variation from the usual Honey Bee Mimic species. About 1 cm long. Family Syrphidae.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

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2 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

You are probably right Juan, just seems different, but I see it has a lot of variation.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 9 years ago

This is probably Eristalis tenax

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Jul 4, 2014
Submitted on Jul 6, 2014

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