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Species Eristalis tenax - Common Drone Fly


The information below is based on images submitted and identified by contributors. Range and date information may be incomplete, overinclusive, or just plain wrong.

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Range map for Common Drone Fly
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Hover over black occurrence boxes to see number of images submitted. Log in to make states, months and boxes clickable.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama   1        
Alaska         3  
Alberta     1 12   
Arizona1  51186 1 1 
Arkansas        1 1 
British Columbia    331510113 
California  24144822429101
Colorado        521 
Delaware     2   2  
District of Columbia          2 
Florida     1      
Georgia   4 22     
Idaho     15421  
Illinois     18 172 
Indiana      1  1  
Iowa    1 1  34 
Kansas    112   6 
Kentucky    1       
Maine       1753 
Manitoba      1 93  
Maryland22  384 22817 
Massachusetts    16312124 
Michigan 1   31112  
Minnesota      2 1031 
Missouri   1        
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montana      29151  
Nebraska   1    712  
Nevada   12    2  
New Brunswick    1  2 32 
New Hampshire      7529  
New Jersey1   1 133103 
New Mexico      1 523 
New York  1 371136111 
Newfoundland/Labrador       4 33 
North Carolina   11113243 
North Dakota        2   
Northwest Territories     1      
Nova Scotia         32 
Ohio    174     
Ontario  1  66513194 
Oregon3   715 4154 
Pennsylvania    32341066  
Prince Edward Island         1  
Quebec     11166  
Rhode Island       4131 
Saskatchewan       122   
South Carolina   1     12 
South Dakota      1 121 
Tennessee    13    3 
Texas    2       
Utah 2   1 2142 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Vermont     18  7  
Virginia   61172 67 
Washington 2  143713233
West Virginia     12     
Wisconsin     12117   
Wyoming     1 131  

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