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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 (S)

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female sedgesitter

Female Sedgesitter Hoverfly
Platycheirus granditarsus,

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Female oblique streak tail hoverfly

Female Oblique Streak Tail Hoverfly-
Allograpta obliqua (S)

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Gravid Female Oblique Streak Tail Hoverfly-
Allograpta obliqua (S)

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Female laying eggs Eggs are deposited singly, so that the larvae that hatch out will not have to compete for food.

short haired leafwalker

Short-haired Leafwalker Hoverfly

Chalcosyrphus piger (family Syrphidae)

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black footed drone fly

Black-footed Drone Fly
Eristalis hirta (family Syrphidae) (S)

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blackfooted drone fly 3.PNG

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Bluebottle Fly
Calliphora species (S)

bluebottle fly

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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) (S)

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Hybotid Dance Fly
Anthalia sp. (family Hybotidae)

dance fly

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hybotid dance fly 2.PNG

Female Dance Fly

Empis dance fly

Empidid Dance Fly
Empis bova (family Empididae) (S)

A member of the genus Calliopum (family Lauxaniidae)

Calliopum (family Lauxaniidae)

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