Rocky Mountain Hornet Fly

Spilomyia liturata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Spilomyia liturata (Williston, 1882), the Rocky Mountain Hornet Fly, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly. This species is found in western North America along the Rocky Mountains. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight.

Distribution

Rocky Mountain Hornet Fly — (c) Charles Swift, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Charles Swift · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 59Canada · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Charles Swift, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Charles Swift · CC-BY DescriptionSpilomyia liturata, Wikipedia contributors

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