Arthropoda: Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae: Microdon ruficrus [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae: Microdon ruficrus
Common Name: flower fly

Country: USA
State/District: WV
County: Tucker
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Photographer: M. S. Rubin

Identifier: F. C. Thompson
Collector: E. M Barrows
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Keywords: A brown fly brown insect
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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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