[Flys of Mount Adams Country]

Hover Fly, Syrphid Fly

Syrphus spp.

Hover Fly?: Syrphus sp. - Hover Fly, Syrphid Fly: Syrphus sp.

A hover fly seen at left along the Island Springs Trail #66 on the east side of Mt. Adams.........July 17, 2006. The photo at right shows a syrphid fly on a Cascade aster (Eucephalus ledophyllus) along the upper Lewis River near the Pacific Crest Trail #2000, Mt. Adams Wilderness.....October 5, 2020.

Hover Fly?: Syrphus sp.

Hover fly on beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) as seen along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 at the west end of Bird Creek Meadows..........July 19, 2009.
Paul Slichter