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Four-lined Hornet Fly

Spilomyia sayi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 28, March 45, April 87, May 168, June 79, July 59, August 224, September 168, October 46, November 29, December 26.
Canada1,384
United States894
Ontario704
New York385
Quebec304
Nova Scotia139
Maine135
New Brunswick121
Minnesota91
Michigan72

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
GenusHornet Flies · Spilomyia

Sources

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