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Blue-polished Drone Fly

Eristalis saxorum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 7, June 3, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States248
Massachusetts37
New York30
North Carolina28
Connecticut17
Virginia16
Maryland13
Georgia12
South Carolina10
Maine10

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
GenusDrone Flies · Eristalis

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