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Long hoverfly

Sphaerophoria scripta

Photo by arne.roysland
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This female is about 10 mm long with a long an narrow body. Abdomen has yellow and black bands and are longer than the wings. The thorax is copper colored with broad yellow side stripes.

Habitat:

In the garden.

Notes:

Norweigian name: Stor kulehaleflue

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
arne.roysland
Thanks Mark! The name 'kulehaleflue' describes the male's external genitalia which looks like a small round bullet

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