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Eurasian Drone Fly

Eristalis arbustorum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,084, February 1,539, March 2,411, April 3,793, May 5,469, June 5,964, July 6,382, August 5,488, September 4,029, October 3,008, November 1,644, December 1,285.
United States55,970
Alaska43,096
Canada5,469
New York2,908
New Jersey2,062
United Kingdom1,918
Ontario1,811
England1,656
Russia1,595
Quebec1,315

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

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyHover Flies · Syrphidae
GenusDrone Flies · Eristalis

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