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Yellow-waisted Laphria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 13, April 26, May 50, June 29, July 45, August 16, September 17, October 14, November 9, December 8.
Canada438
United States352
Ontario209
Quebec120
New York65
Minnesota55
Michigan49
New Brunswick49
Wisconsin41
Nova Scotia41

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyRobber Flies · Asilidae
GenusBee-mimic Robber Flies · Laphria

Sources

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