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Index of Subjects --089e013cc28eb24bb4051eb182ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 This is a wasp, not one of the mimic Syrphid Flies. The antennae are much too long for a Syrphid fly; the wings of your specimen are folded longitudinally...this happens in wasps, but never in flies. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 1 September 2015 at 12:00, naturens <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > This Syrphid? Wasp? or? was on the window screen at 7:30am this morning. > It was pumping the rear segments of its abdomen rapidly in and out: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/20874473299/in/dateposted-public/ > > It looks like some of the Syrphids on BugGuide but nothing I see quite > matches. Would anyone know an ID? Details below image. > > Thanks, Nancy > --089e013cc28eb24bb4051eb182ab Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">This is a wasp, not one of the mimic Syrphid Flies. The an= tennae are much too long for a Syrphid fly; the wings of your specimen are = folded longitudinally...this happens in wasps, but never in flies.<div><br>= </div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><d= iv><div class=3D"gmail_signature">_________________________________<br>RF L= auff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1 September 2015 at 12:00, naturens <span= dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">= nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex= ">This Syrphid? Wasp? or? was on the window screen at 7:30am this morning. = It was pumping the rear segments of its abdomen rapidly in and out:<br> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/20874473299/in/datepo= sted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.flickr.com/p= hotos/92981528@N08/20874473299/in/dateposted-public/</a><br> <br> It looks like some of the Syrphids on BugGuide but nothing I see quite matc= hes. Would anyone know an ID? Details below image.<br> <br> Thanks, Nancy<br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --089e013cc28eb24bb4051eb182ab--
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