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Haag's Bromeliad Fly

Copestylum haagii

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 38, February 33, March 34, April 91, May 60, June 41, July 31, August 47, September 49, October 43, November 44, December 34.
United States675
California443
Texas83
New Mexico80
Mexico60
Arizona58
Nevada20
Queretaro de Arteaga17
Colorado10
Utah9

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
GenusBromeliad Flies · Copestylum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Haag's Bromeliad Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.