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Eastern Calligrapher

Toxomerus geminatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 437, February 448, March 709, April 1,388, May 2,667, June 1,250, July 1,203, August 1,155, September 895, October 733, November 458, December 409.
United States33,914
Canada7,976
Ontario6,061
New York3,538
Virginia2,507
Maryland2,213
Ohio2,189
Massachusetts2,128
Pennsylvania1,905
North Carolina1,749

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
GenusCalligrapher Flies · Toxomerus

Sources

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