Eastern Flower Fly

Syrphus knabi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Syrphus knabi (Shannon, 1916), the Eastern flower Fly, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the eastern United States and Canada. 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 7.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 291Canada · 94

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Eastern Flower Fly

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