Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphid (?) With Huge Femur

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 27-12-2004 19:22
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Hello All,
I hope you can help me identify this fly.
Pictures were taken July 1st, near Chicago, USA. The fly is nectaring on milkweed flowers (Asclepius spp.). I call him the femur fly, for obvious reasons... Thanks in advance!
Bruce Marlin

www.diptera.info/forim/7-0146-1.jpg

www.diptera.info/forim/7-0146-2.jpg

www.diptera.info/forim/7-0146-3.jpg