Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Hover Flies

American Harlequin

Xanthogramma flavipes

Learn American Harlequin freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dsharrett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 Ontario.January 11, February 12, March 19, April 36, May 70, June 33, July 25, August 22, September 24, October 19, November 12, December 11.
United States1,158
Canada325
Ontario294
Michigan140
Illinois125
Ohio100
New York87
Pennsylvania83
Virginia68
Indiana66

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
GenusHarlequin Flies · Xanthogramma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise American Harlequin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works