Arthropoda: Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae: Helophilus fasciatus [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae: Helophilus fasciatus
Common Name: flower fly

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date: 26 September 1998

Photographer: Spiro Savov

Identifier: F. C. Thompson
Collector: not applicable

Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve

Malaise Trap

Keywords: A DMWP flower fly Forest Ecology hover fly
Additional Information:



This fly came from a sample in alcohol from a Malaise trap.   Unfortunately, the alcohol often reduces the quality of a flower fly specimen by causing some parts to crinkle, deforming its wings and other parts, fading it, or a combination of these things.




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