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Helophilus hybridus

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Diptera

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Helophilus

Phylum
  
Family
  
Syrphidae

Scientific name
  
Helophilus hybridus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Helophilus, Hoverfly, Helophilus trivittatus, Fly, Helophilus pendulus

Helophilus hybridus is a hoverfly. It is a Palearctic species.

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Description

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External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 8·5-11·25 mm.Femorae 3 top 1/4 or less yellow.Tibiae 3 pale on basal 1/4 or less. Males tergite 2 large yellow spotsreach the hind margin over their full width.The larva is illustrated by Hartley (1961).See references for determination

Distribution

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Palearctic Fennoscandia South to North France.Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe (including the Alps) East into Russia and on through the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast.Mongolia.Nearctic from Alaska to Nova Scotia and South to Utah.

Biology

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Habitat:wetlands non-eutrophic pools in fen, poor fen, deciduous woodland and dune slacks, cutover valley bog, fen carr, taiga. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Calluna vulgaris, Cirsium, Convolvulus, Crataegus, Echium, Euphorbia, Limonium, Lycopus, Mentha aquatica, Menyanthes, Narthecium, Parnassia palustris, Plantago, Pulicaria, Rosa, Rubus, Salix repens, Salix, Senecio, Sorbus, Succisa, Taraxacum, Valeriana. The flight period is early May to early September.

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References

Helophilus hybridus Wikipedia


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