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Yellow-thighed Thick-leg Fly

Tropidia albistylum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 11, May 14, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 14, October 9, November 5, December 5.
United States561
Virginia86
Maryland81
New Jersey43
Missouri40
Illinois37
Pennsylvania31
New York28
West Virginia27
Massachusetts25

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
GenusTropidia

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