Beautiful Patterneye

Orthonevra pulchella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Orthonevra pulchella (Williston 1887) the Dusky Mucksucker is a fairly common species of syrphid fly. It has been observed from across northern North America (see map). Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight.

Distribution

Beautiful Patterneye — (c) Quinten Wiegersma, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Loading map…

Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 1United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Quinten Wiegersma, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionOrthonevra pulchella, Wikipedia contributors

Beautiful Patterneye

More from the same family

Syrphid fly

Oblique Stripetail

Two-lined Swamp Fly

Northern Longbeak

Northern Sickleleg

American Dainty

Orange-tailed Wood Fly

Orange-faced Wood Fly