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Hoverfly

Syrphidae

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Field Notes

Description:

What kind of Hoverfly is this?

Notes:

This Hoverfly is on a wildflower called Heal-all.

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Hoverfly

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Heather E.L.Gerquest
Yeah, Ava T-B I can. If you'd seen this when I first posted it, you would have seen that I identified it as an Eastern Yellow Jacket. At that point, I was hoping that someone might be able to verify or correct me on that ID, and thought that one who is in a hive blah, blah group might be able to help with that ID. I don't just assign my photos to random missions. I had been waiting to have the Hoverfly ID verified or corrected by the hive.... mission. Perhaps you can please point me in the right direction for a group that can actually ID bees and such that build those hives?
Ava T-B
Nice fly, but as there is no Nest, hive, bower, etc in this spotting, can you plese remove it from that mission? Thanks.
John La Salle
Nice picture - but this is a wasp-mimicking hover fly in the family Syrphidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly One of the "give-aways" is that flies only have one pair of wings, as opposed to other insects which have two pairs.
Maria dB
Nice spotting; I can confirm that they will sting repeatedly as this happened to me recently when I inadvertently disturbed a nest.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Flowers of North America
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
Spotted in Summer in the North East

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PublishedAugust 8, 2013

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