Insect and Spider Identification: SOLVED: Hover Fly?

Author Content RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA (Zone 9b) May 2, 2005 4:02 AM Post #1441507 ID Please-Rich Click the image for an enlarged view. Todd_Boland St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) May 2, 2005 10:15 AM Post #1441717 It is indeed a Syrphid or Hoverfly...gardeners friend as their maggots feed on aphids. bootandall Blenheim New Zealand May 2, 2005 10:38 AM Post #1441726 you take beautiful insects photo, what plant is it on. I agree it's a hover fly. mysticwill Brookhaven, PA (Zone 7a) May 2, 2005 1:06 PM Post #1441890 And what camera did you use?? RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA (Zone 9b) May 2, 2005 2:03 PM Post #1442015 Canon 300D 100mm f2.8 USM Macro Canon lens. I think it is called Salvia nemorosa "Osfriesland" It has long rosettes that rise erect and are full of blooms-Rich eje San Francisco, CA (Zone 10a) May 2, 2005 5:31 PM Post #1442408 Appears the same as this picture, tenatively identified as a Male Platycheirus sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/935 More information than I care to parse regarding the Genus on this page: http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Platycheirus/pltch_ke... eje San Francisco, CA (Zone 10a) May 2, 2005 5:33 PM Post #1442411 This is one of my favorite pictures I've seen on the internet, not for the faint of heart, showing a syrphid fly larvae and its prey: http://mint.ippc.orst.edu/syrphidlarva_lg.htm Die, Aphid, Die!

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