Key Identification Features
- These flies are distinctive and often found on flowers.
- The common name "thick-legged hoverfly" refers to the species' distinctively broad femora.
- One key distinctive morphological feature is a pair of small white wedge-shaped spots on the fly's thorax, located directly behind its head.
- First, males have holoptic eyes that meet at the front of the head, a common feature among male syrphid flies.
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