Carolinian Elegant

Meromacrus acutus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Meromacrus acutus, the Carolinian elegant, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. This uncommon species is distributed in the Eastern United States and South America (see map). Notable for the black and yellow pattern mimicking wasps.

Distribution

Carolinian Elegant — (c) Christina Butler, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,000Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Christina Butler, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMeromacrus acutus, Wikipedia contributors

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