[Flies Found East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Syrphid Fly

Can you help identify this syrphid fly to genus or species level?

A syrphid fly nectaring upon the disk flowers of spreading fleabane (Erigeron divergens) at a private residence on a prehistoric Missoula Flood sandbar located between Five Mile and the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, WA.....October 2, 2022.

A syrphid fly nectaring upon the disk flowers of spreading fleabane (Erigeron divergens) at a private residence on a prehistoric Missoula Flood sandbar located between Five Mile and the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, WA.....October 2, 2022.

Paul Slichter