Life On A Quarter Acre

Superfamily Syrphoidea (Hover and Big-headed Flies)

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Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)

20 observations

Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)

19 observations

Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)

15 observations

Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)

11 observations

Eristalis hirta
(Black-footed Drone Fly)

4 observations

Subfamily: Pipizinae
(Pitheads & Kin)

3 observations

Genus: Dasysyrphus

2 observations
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