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Spot-winged Drone Fly

Eristalis rupium

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 261, February 193, March 303, April 476, May 686, June 748, July 801, August 689, September 506, October 377, November 206, December 161.
United States5,415
Alaska5,407
Austria207
Germany65
Bayern60
Tirol56
Russia56
Canada54
Norway43
Salzburg41

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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