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Tribe Bacchini

Syrphid on composite - Platycheirus - male Syrphid fly - Platycheirus - female Melanostoma? - Melanostoma mellinum - female Unknown Diptera - Platycheirus obscurus - male Syrphid Fly - Platycheirus hyperboreus Syrphidae UID at home - Platycheirus hoverfly - Platycheirus Syrphid on Spartina pectinata - Platycheirus
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
Remarks
Contributed by Richard Leung on 10 March, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 December, 2013 - 12:27pm

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