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Bev Wigney | all galleries >> Flies - Diptera >> Hover Flies -- Syrphidae > Spilomyia sayi -- a wasp mimic fly -- 2
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14-August-2004

Spilomyia sayi -- a wasp mimic fly -- 2

found on goldenrod along K&P Trail near Snow Road Station.
Approximate location: UTM 18T 0365570, 4980859.
I also photographed another on August 12, while on the Cataraqui Trail
near Indian Lake Road. Approx. location UTM 18T 0393768, 4936597.
It was seen on goldenrod in the company of various bees and wasps.
Reference to this species on the Canadian National Collections of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes site.


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