Toxomerus marginatus
I found this neatly-patterned Syrphid Fly at Promontory Point, Utah. © Carol Davis, 8-16-2010
This colorful fly is very beneficial as it eats aphids, thrips and small caterpillars in the larval
stage and as an adult it pollinates by dining on pollen. I am always amazed when I find a new
species of Syrphid Fly--there are so many different abdominal patterns. © Carol Davis, 8-16-2010
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