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Hairy-eyed Flower Fly

Syrphus torvus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 940, February 694, March 1,088, April 1,711, May 2,467, June 2,691, July 2,879, August 2,476, September 1,818, October 1,357, November 741, December 580.
United States20,100
Alaska19,442
Canada1,687
United Kingdom643
England565
Quebec462
Newfoundland and Labrador340
Ontario291
Germany288
Yukon284

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
GenusCommon Flower Flies · Syrphus

Sources

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