Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black glossy syrphid from Uruguay, bright red eyes

Posted by Stephen on 13-10-2020 17:45
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Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay. Date 4 December 2019. In a flower garden beside a pond near Rio de la Plata and just opposite Buenos Aires.

I had this in the larger Adult Diptera forum. Thanks to Nikita V. who provided the family and to Waldgeist who said "Volucellini I think, something close to Copestylum."

www.americaninsects.net/19-12-0222.jpg
Edited by Stephen on 13-10-2020 17:57

Posted by Stephen on 13-10-2020 17:58
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Lateral view.

www.americaninsects.net/19-12-0212.jpg

Posted by Stephen on 13-10-2020 18:05
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The face.

www.americaninsects.net/19-12-0217.jpg

Taking all three photos together, that is one handsome fly!