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Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly

Mallota bautias

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 48, May 92, June 85, July 47, August 29, September 31, October 25, November 16, December 14.
United States1,891
Canada549
Ontario386
New York288
Texas129
Illinois124
Quebec117
Michigan111
Massachusetts104
Virginia95

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
GenusMimic Flies · Mallota

Sources

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