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Common Globetail

Sphaerophoria scripta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,006, February 2,220, March 3,478, April 5,472, May 7,890, June 8,603, July 9,206, August 7,917, September 5,813, October 4,339, November 2,371, December 1,853.
United States62,191
Alaska62,167
Germany2,785
United Kingdom2,573
England2,441
France2,372
Spain1,443
Russia1,111
Portugal992
Italy851

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
GenusGlobetails · Sphaerophoria

Sources

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