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Eristalis sp.

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KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Satyen, please can you update the details on this spotting.

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

thanks doryreed for the feedback.

Doryreed
Doryreed 12 years ago

This is a fly not a honey bee. It looks like a Syrphid. Probably Eristalis sp.. You can tell because it doesn't have long antennae and only one pair of wings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks Chaitanya

Chaitanya
Chaitanya 12 years ago

BeAuTiFuL!!

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Uttarakhand, India

Spotted on May 27, 2011
Submitted on Jun 3, 2011

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