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An At-A-Glance Guide to Hover (Garden) Flies |
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Hover Flies belong to the family Syrphidae. They are often called Garden Flies or Syrphid Flies. Many of them have yellow and black bands on their bodies and look like bees or wasps, however they do not bite or sting. |
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Dasysyrphus osborni (female) |
Eristalis arbustorum (female) |
Eristalis arbustorum (male) |
Eristalis latifrons
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Drone Fly,
Eristalis tenax (female) |
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Drone Fly,
Eristalis tenax (male) |
Hadromyia crawfordi (female) |
Hadromyia pulchra (female) |
Helophilus fasciatus (female) |
Melangyna umbellatarum (female) |
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Meliscaeva cinctella, (female) |
Merodon equestris |
Platycheirus sp.
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Scaeva Pyrastri |
Sericomyia chrysotoxoides (female) |
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Sericomyia chalcopyga (male) |
Sericomyia chalcopyga (female) |
Sericomyia militaris (female) |
Sphaerophoria sp. (female) |
Sphaerophoria sp.
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Spilomyia interrupta |
Syrphini eupeodes, (female) |
Syrphini eupeodes,
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Toxomerus occidentalis |
Sericomyia chalcopyga (male) |
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