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Flower Fly, Syrphid Fly

Salpingogaster nigra

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Flower Fly, Syrphid Fly Salpingogaster nigra

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago
Flower Fly, Syrphid Fly
Salpingogaster nigra Diptera.info - Discussion Forum: Brazilian Syrphidae #1 - ID Help


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4 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks Cindy, Lauren and Agnes!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Good-looking fly :) Here's add'l reference: http://syrphidae.lifedesks.org/pages/257...

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Great wasp mimicking fly!

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CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 11 years ago

Nice shot, Mayra! This is a Syrphid fly. Possibly a species of Pseudodoros but I don't believe they're that far south.

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MayraSpringmann
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MayraSpringmann

Capela do Alto, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2013

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