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Virginia Giant Hover Fly

Milesia virginiensis

Field notes

Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

It measures 18–21 millimetres (0.71–0.83 in). It lives in forest edges and meadows. Adults are active mid-summer to early fall.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided