Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)
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Syrphidae-Syrphinae-Bracchini                                              Syrphid Fly
on Salt Marsh Aster
Assateague Island National Seashore
Worcester County, Maryland
September 21, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                           Eristalis tenax                                Rat-tailed Maggot Fly
FBI Pond, Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
September 4, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                            Platycheirus sp.                            Syrphid Fly
Howard County, Maryland
June 25, 2006
Photographer:  ZoAnn Lapinsky                                              
Syrphidae                           Mallota sp. prob. posticata          Syrphid Fly
Mimic of a Bumble Bee
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Frederick County, Maryland
May 25, 2007
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                           Mollota sp.                                       Syrphid Fly
Catcotin Mountain Park
Frederick County, Maryland
June 7, 2009
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                           Eristalis transversa                      Transverse Flower Fly  
Assateague Island National Seashore
Worcester County, Maryland
October 8, 2007
Photographer:  ZoAnn Lapinsky                                              
Syrphidae                           Eristalis dimidiata                          Syrphid Fly
Piney Branch Bog environs
Charles County, Maryland
September 19, 2008
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                          Spilomyia longicornis                    Syrphid Fly
David Force Park
Howard County, Maryland
September 4, 2010
Photographer:  Bonnie Ott
Syrphidae                           Lejops lineatus                               Striped Hover fly
Gwynn Acers
Howard County, Maryland
March 27, 2012
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                           Eristalis hirta                                   Striped Flower Fly
Fort Frederick State Park
Washington County, Maryland
September 17, 2013
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                          Milesia virginiensis                        Yellowjacket Hover Fly
Mt. Pleasant, Howard County Conservancy
Howard County, Maryland
June 21, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr    
Syrphidae                           Pterallastes thoracicus
Patapsco Valley State Park
Howard County, Maryland
June 16, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                             Ocyptamus fuscipennis
on Yellow-eyed Grass
Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
July 24, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                             Rhingia nasica
Horn Point, Dorchester County, Maryland
September 7, 2018
Photographer,  Richard Orr
Syrphidae                             Merocacrus acutus                       Carolinian Elegant
Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
July 4, 2020
Photographer: Phil Whitebloom
Syrphidae                            Palpada vinetorum                           Northern Plushback
Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
September 3, 2020
Photographer:  Richard Orr