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Hoverfly

Toxomerus marginatus

Description:

Small fly/bee ~ 1 mm, white face and yellow and black abdomen. Would fly around to different leafs and flowers and when standing would wiggle it's abdomen up and down.

Habitat:

Old horse pasture

1 Species ID Suggestions

AngelSeven
AngelSeven 8 years ago
Hoverfly (aka Flower Fly)
Syrphidae


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3 Comments

AngelSeven
AngelSeven 8 years ago

Your welcome...!

dferris
dferris 8 years ago

Thank you, That should help narrow it down a little.

AngelSeven
AngelSeven 8 years ago

There are 16 different species of hoverfly, not sure which one this is but they are of the insect family: Syrphidae...!

dferris
Spotted by
dferris

Michigan, USA

Spotted on Jun 13, 2015
Submitted on Jun 14, 2015

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