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California Native Plant Society
in collaboration with East Bay Municipal Utility District
Flies
Poppy details
(All photos and writing from May Chen's Pollinator Post from Bringing Back the Natives website).
(S) notes those found at Skyline Trail
female margined calligrapher
Female Margined Calligrapher Hoverfly
Toxomerus marginatus (S)
female sedgesitter
Female Sedgesitter Hoverfly
Platycheirus granditarsus,
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)
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)
black footed drone fly
Thick-legged Hover Fly
Syritta pipiens (family Syrphidae)
Thick legged hover fly
Black-footed Drone Fly
Eristalis hirta (family Syrphidae) (S)
Bluebottle Fly
Calliphora species (S)
bluebottle fly
Green bottle fly
Common European Greenbottle Fly,
Lucilia sericata (family Calliphoridae)
Leaf Miner Fly
Leaf Miner Fly
Melanagromyza sp. (family Agromyzidae)
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)
A Bee Fly-
Conophorus obesulus (family Bombyliidae)
A bee fly
Hybotid Dance Fly
Anthalia sp. (family Hybotidae)
dance fly
Female Hybotid 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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