Black Pegleg

Myolepta nigra

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1872), the Black Pegleg , is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the eastern and central United States and Eastern Canada. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 2United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Christian Back, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMyolepta nigra, Wikipedia contributors

Black Pegleg

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