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Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly

Ischiodon scutellaris

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 26, February 17, March 32, April 35, May 20, June 9, July 9, August 13, September 15, October 16, November 13, December 37.
India242
China183
Australia135
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region106
Queensland86
Taiwan70
Taiwan Province67
Mahārāshtra60
Karnātaka48
New South Wales24

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
GenusIschiodon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.