family
Hover Flies
Syrphidae
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 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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Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Eristalis transversa
25,397 observations
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Oblique Streaktail
Allograpta obliqua
23,051 observations
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Narrow-headed Marsh Fly
Helophilus fasciatus
19,102 observations
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Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis dimidiata
14,967 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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Virginia Giant Hover Fly
Milesia virginiensis
8,638 observations
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Eristalis stipator
8,594 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