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Spotted Thintail

Meliscaeva auricollis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 957, February 707, March 1,107, April 1,741, May 2,511, June 2,738, July 2,930, August 2,520, September 1,850, October 1,381, November 755, December 590.
United States19,785
Alaska19,785
United Kingdom2,143
England1,961
France463
Spain358
Netherlands197
Germany169
Portugal151
Italy132

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
GenusMeliscaeva

Sources

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