Thin-lined Calligrapher Toxomerus boscii Macquart, 1842    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Syrphidae   >   Genus Toxomerus   

Status:

Uncommon. Flies mostly late April through October in Maryland.

Description:

Identifiable with care from photos. Similar to Toxomerus marginatus and Toxomerus geminatus. Can be distinguished from the latter by the lack of a thick black border on the posterior margin of tergite 3.

Relationships:

Larvae feed on aphids.

There are 20 records in the project database.

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A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2014). Determined by Martin Hauser/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/3/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/30/2021). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2022). (c) Katie Woods, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Katie Woods via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. Photo by Jane Hartman. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. Photo by Jane Hartman. (MBP list)

A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. Photo by Jane Hartman. (MBP list)


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