Narrow-banded Pond Fly

Sericomyia militaris

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Sericomyia militaria, commonly known as the narrow-banded pond fly, is a common species of syrphid fly observed across northern North America. Syrphid flies are also known as Hover Flies or Flower Flies because the adults are frequently found hovering around flowers from which they feed on nectar and pollen. Adults are 11.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 861United States of America · 354

Sources and credits

Photo(c) christine123, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSericomyia militaris, Wikipedia contributors

Narrow-banded Pond Fly

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