CLOSED: Some type of Hover fly?

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Jun 14, 2007

Is this some type of Syphrid/Hover fly or something else?

Thanks,
Linda

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Jun 14, 2007

I think this is the same thing - taken a different day

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2007

I will be searching for that one too, I took some pics of one the same yesterday!

Mine didn't focus as well on the Eremurus but I'm sure it's the same. I got some other angles, one upside down which is clear.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 15, 2007

A hover fly - Syritta pipiens http://bugguide.net/node/view/98372

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2007

Well done ceejay! That saves us a headache, thanks!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ray.hamblett1/nature/flies.html

http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Syritta/syri_key.html

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 15, 2007

Oh, my! That first site is awesome. Thank you!!

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) Jun 15, 2007

Excellent ... thanks!

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