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Black-waisted Laphria

Laphria divisor

525 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4, February 4, March 7, April 13, May 25, June 13, July 9, August 8, September 8, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States381
Canada103
Ontario103
Michigan55
Virginia41
West Virginia40
Maryland40
Ohio38
Wisconsin37
Minnesota23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyRobber Flies · Asilidae
GenusBee-mimic Robber Flies · Laphria

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