genus
Pond Flies
Sericomyia
Field notes
Sercomyia are large flies with species that are bee mimics both short pile and long pile.
Sericomyiine flower flies are common in boreal forests across the Holarctic region and southward at higher elevations into the Oriental and Neotropical regions.
Sericomyia species have larvae of the rat-tailed maggot type, often found in ponds rich in decomposing vegetation where they filter out microorganisms as their
food
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- Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly
- Oblique-banded Pond Fly native
- Narrow-banded Pond Fly native
- Western Pond Fly presumed native
- White-spotted Pond Fly native
- Spot-winged Pond Fly presumed native
- Long-nosed Pond Fly presumed native
- Polar Pond Fly presumed native
- Yellow-spotted Pond Fly presumed native
- Harvey's Pond Fly presumed native
- Slosson's Pond Fly presumed native
- Great-nosed Pond Fly presumed native
- Two-spotted Pond Fly presumed native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native pond flies All
Native to the US, by observations.
