Eastern Swiftwing

Volucella evecta

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Volucella evecta, the eastern swiftwing, is an uncommon species of hoverfly that has been considered a subspecies of Volucella bombylans, but has been shown to be a distinct species. This species is a bumblebee mimic. It resembles a number of species, including Bombus pensylvanicus, Bombus affinis, Bombus bimaculatus, and Habropoda laboriosa.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 147Canada · 51

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Mary Krieger, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionVolucella evecta, Wikipedia contributors

Eastern Swiftwing

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