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Tribe Bacchini

Syrphid on composite - Platycheirus - male Syrphid Flies Genus Platycheirus - Platycheirus hyperboreus - female From bioblitz Dioprosopa clavata? - Baccha cognata Big Headed Fly - Platycheirus Syrphid fly? - Platycheirus Dipteran - Melanostoma mellinum possible hornhand sedgesitter female - Pyrophaena granditarsis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Bacchini
Numbers
6 genera in our area, 11 genera total
Identification
Smallish hoverflies, with variable amounts of yellow marking. Wings often held over the abdomen when resting
Food
Larvae predatory, often on aphids
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