Syrphini - Northwestern USA & Western Canada

@upupa-epops and I are excited to share this guide to common Syrphini of the Northwestern USA & Western Canada! Questions, suggestions, and other reactions are appreciated.

To help improve identifications using this guide:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?place_id=13337,9079,13335,7085,6834,7953,46,10,22,16,15&taxon_id=121991

Publicado el 05 de mayo de 2020 a las 08:35 PM por edanko edanko

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I think you might be interested in this @treegrow @tigerbb @josephthebirder @swells @brewbooks @natureguy

Anotado por edanko hace mas de 4 años

Thanks, @edanko. I'm going to be using this a lot.

Anotado por swells hace mas de 4 años

Oh sweet, thanks! I've been in need of resources like this.

Anotado por josephthebirder hace mas de 4 años

Awesome!! Thank you very much. This will be put to good use.

Anotado por geographerdave hace mas de 4 años

Beautiful! This is exactly the kind of thing I'd like to make for some spider families/genera. Thank you for the excellent and ever-so-helpful syrphid reference!

Anotado por tigerbb hace mas de 4 años

👍

Anotado por treegrow hace mas de 4 años

Thanks for this great reference, it will be might useful to me as a stating point when I see Syrphini. In particular, the annotated photos tell me characteristics to look for in my future observations.

Anotado por brewbooks hace mas de 4 años

I'm tagging this useful post by Even and Caleb for some other naturalists who observe Syrphini in the NW Washington and BC
@ewrunn1ng @masonmaron @wendy5 @jasonheadley @ldietzchiasson @kg- @iancruickshank @katiekushneryk @johndreynolds

Anotado por brewbooks hace mas de 4 años

@jgatten - just learned about this, in case you haven't seen it.

Anotado por iancruickshank hace mas de 4 años

this is fantastic - thanks so much!

Anotado por iancruickshank hace mas de 4 años
Anotado por iancruickshank hace mas de 4 años
Anotado por iancruickshank hace mas de 4 años

Excellent- thanks! We're getting one of our first really warm days without wind today: I'll be out for a look and this will be very useful.

Anotado por bstarzomski hace mas de 4 años

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing!

Anotado por katiekushneryk hace mas de 4 años

Above, I've added a link to the identify page for Syrphini in the coverage area of this guide--in case anyone is interested in cleaning up data for computer-vision-training or other uses using this guide.

Anotado por edanko hace mas de 4 años

Identifying Melangyna spp.
Just in case we don't get an anterior view of the face....
Is there another way to tell members of this genus apart from Meligramma gutatta?
(Couldn't find any photos of Meligramma vespertina which is also in the nearctic region. Need I worry?)

Anotado por citizen1 hace mas de 4 años

I just want to add my heartfelt note of appreciation for this, and all the other excellent guides to diptera. Keep 'em coming! Learning tools such as these are truly invaluable to self-taught naturalists such as myself. Thank you!

I also thought I should mention that I think there might be a tiny typo on Slide 19 of this presentation. The text overlay on the photo of the wing says "Vein R+5" and I'm guessing it should say "Vein R4+5".

Anotado por harsiparker hace cerca de 4 años
Anotado por edanko hace cerca de 4 años

That's a very useful reference, thanks @edanko

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