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Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 11,228, February 8,293, March 12,994, April 20,442, May 29,474, June 32,139, July 34,391, August 29,576, September 21,714, October 16,208, November 8,857, December 6,922.
United States232,240
Alaska232,239
United Kingdom13,528
England12,012
Germany8,776
France5,608
Austria3,570
Italy2,513
Spain2,414
Netherlands2,158

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
GenusAphid Hover Flies · Episyrphus

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