Eastern Hornet Fly

Spilomyia longicornis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Spilomyia longicornis is a species of syrphid fly, also known as a flower fly or hoverfly, in the family Syrphidae. Although the appearance of S. longicornis is remarkably similar to a vespid wasp, it is a fly and cannot sting.

Distribution

Eastern Hornet Fly — (c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Block · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,787Canada · 344

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Block · CC-BY DescriptionSpilomyia longicornis, Wikipedia contributors

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