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Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,970, February 3,670, March 5,751, April 9,047, May 13,045, June 14,225, July 15,221, August 13,090, September 9,611, October 7,174, November 3,920, December 3,064.
United States104,416
Alaska102,787
United Kingdom7,991
England7,587
Germany3,801
France2,127
Austria1,162
Netherlands1,148
Italy1,109
Spain874

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
GenusMyathropa

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