Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly at tree wound, Arizona
Posted by Stephen on 21-06-2011 14:42
#1
This fly was sheltering where the bark had been knocked off a living tree. There was no sap present. I didn't measure the size, but this wasn't a very big fly.
5 June 2011, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, USA.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-06-2011 14:45
#2
Some kind of syrphid...
Posted by Andre on 23-06-2011 10:56
#3
This is a Syrphid of the genus Myolepta. In the USA there are about four species within a subgenus, with scale like setae. On bugguide.net there is one picture of a species from this subgenus, possibly the same species.
http://bugguide.n...iew/391819
(with special thanks to Wouter van Steenis, who sent me this information)
Edited by Andre on 23-06-2011 10:59
Posted by Stephen on 23-06-2011 14:16
#4
Thanks so much Paul, Andre, and Wouter! It is great to learn the genus of this fly.
Posted by Eric Fisher on 23-06-2011 20:49
#5
You visited Ramsey Canyon (Huachuca Mtns.) in the nick of time Stephen! Sadly, it may now be all burnt-up...
Eric
Posted by Stephen on 23-06-2011 22:19
#6
I sure hope not, though the news has been sobering! They closed the canyon the day I left, or rather the upper part. Such a special place, during a drought in an arid area, I was watching diving beetles and giant water bugs in the creek!