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Skyline Gardens Alliance

California Native Plant Society
in collaboration with East Bay Municipal Utility District

Flies

Poppy details

(All photos from May Chen's posts)

female margined calligrapher

Female Margined Calligrapher Hoverfly
Toxomerus marginatus

female margined calligrapher hover fly.PNG

female sedgesitter

Female Sedgesitter Hoverfly
Platycheirus granditarsus,

female sedgesitter pregnant.PNG

female sedgesitter fly.PNG

Female oblique streak tail hoverfly

Female Oblique Streak Tail Hoverfly-
Allograpta obliqua

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female oblique streak tail hoverfly.PNG

short haired leafwalker

Short-haired Leafwalker Hoverfly

Chalcosyrphus piger (family Syrphidae)

short haired leafwalker.PNG

black footed drone fly

Black-footed Drone Fly
Eristalis hirta (family Syrphidae)

blackfooted drone fly 2.PNG

blackfooted drone fly 3.PNG

blackfooted drone fly.PNG

Bluebottle Fly
Calliphora species

bluebottle fly

bluebottle fly.PNG

Root-maggot Fly

Root-maggot Fly
Leucophora species (family Anthomyiidae)

Lance Flies-
Lonchaea sp. (family Lonchaeidae)

Lance fly

Greater bee fly

Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major (family Bombylidae)

Greater Bee Fly.PNG

Hybotid Dance Fly
Anthalia sp. (family Hybotidae)

dance fly

hybotid dance fly 3.PNG

hybotid dance fly 2.PNG

Female Dance Fly

Empis dance fly

Empidid Dance Fly
Empis bova (family Empididae)

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