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Common Flower Fly

Syrphus ribesii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,058, February 1,520, March 2,381, April 3,746, May 5,401, June 5,890, July 6,303, August 5,420, September 3,979, October 2,970, November 1,623, December 1,269.
United States43,239
Alaska42,560
United Kingdom2,452
Canada2,212
England2,174
Ontario826
Germany417
France329
Russia314
Quebec211

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
GenusCommon Flower Flies · Syrphus

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