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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini

Tribe Syrphini

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syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female Syrphid Fly Eumenes ID Please-On Echinopsis subdenudatum 'Fuzzy Navel'-Aug. 15,2008 early morning - Pseudodoros clavatus Ocyptamus sp. female ovipositing in aphid farm - Ocyptamus - female Syrphid Fly - Syrphus - female Scaeva pyrastri - female Syrphus opinator - male Syrphid fly grooming itself
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Aschiza)
Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini
Identification
Moderate size hoverflies, typically with wasp-like markings.
Food
Larvae predatory, often on aphids.
Internet References
Diptera UK
Contributed by Richard Leung on 10 March, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 17 November, 2005 - 3:00pm

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