Eristalis flavipes
Eristalis flavipes, the orange-legged drone fly, is a species of hoverfly native to North America.[1] It flies from early April to mid-October, and occur in a wide variety of habitats, particularly wetlands.[1] E. flavipes measures 11-16 mm in length.[1]
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References
- Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; Crins, William J.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
Further reading
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from America North of Mexico, Telford H.S. 1970. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 63(5): 1201-1210.
External links
- "Diptera.info". diptera.info. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Eristalis flavipes". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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