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Black-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes luniger
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Migrant Hover FlyEupeodes corollae
Common Loopwing AphideaterLapposyrphus lapponicus
Yellow-bowed SmoothwingScaeva selenitica
Broad-banded AphideaterEupeodes latifasciatus
Common Flower FlySyrphus ribesii
Eurasian SmoothwingScaeva pyrastri
Spotted ThintailMeliscaeva auricollis
Western AphideaterEupeodes fumipennis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 17,997 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 17,993 |
| United Kingdom | 1,625 |
| England | 1,564 |
| Canada | 241 |
| Yukon | 194 |
| Germany | 120 |
| Austria | 96 |
| Netherlands | 72 |
| France | 61 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Flies · Diptera |
| Family | Hover Flies · Syrphidae |
| Genus | Aphideaters · Eupeodes |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-tailed Aphideater with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.