subfamily
Typical Hover Flies
Syrphinae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native typical hover flies All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
75,744 observations
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Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
44,609 observations
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Oblique Streaktail
Allograpta obliqua
23,051 observations
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
12,215 observations
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Variable Duskyface Fly
Melanostoma mellinum
11,936 observations
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Black-margined Flower Fly
Syrphus opinator
7,617 observations
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White-bowed Smoothwing
Scaeva affinis
6,508 observations
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Dusky-winged Hover Fly
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
6,378 observations
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Western Calligrapher
Toxomerus occidentalis
4,965 observations
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Common Loopwing Aphideater
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
4,597 observations
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Forked Globetail
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
3,797 observations
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Diamond Spottail
Fazia micrura
2,043 observations
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Long-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes americanus
1,526 observations
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American Harlequin
Xanthogramma flavipes
1,002 observations
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Fourspot Sedgesitter
Pyrophaena rosarum
534 observations