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Narrow-Banded Picture-Winged Fly

Ceroxys latiusculus

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 California.January 41, February 36, March 37, April 46, May 45, June 33, July 28, August 29, September 37, October 127, November 75, December 37.
United States987
California451
Canada251
Mexico177
Chihuahua173
Texas157
Saskatchewan84
South Dakota82
Alberta62
Utah53

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyPicture-winged Flies · Ulidiidae
GenusCeroxys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Narrow-Banded Picture-Winged Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.