woolly-tailed marsh fly

(Helophilus hybridus)

Conservation Status

 

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Description
 
 

Woolly-tailed marsh fly is a medium-sized hoverfly. It occurs in northern Europe, where it is common, and in western Canada, where it is less common. There are just a handful of records in the United States. It is rare in Minnesota.

Adults appears somewhat bee-like, with a longitudinally striped thorax and a horizontally banded abdomen.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

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Habitat
 
 

 

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

Late March to early October

 
     
 

Behavior

 
 

 

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Larva Food

 
 

 

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

29, 30.

 
  12/24/2020      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Rare in Minesota

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Diptera (flies)  
 

Suborder

Brachycera  
 

Infraorder

Muscomorpha  
  No Rank Eremoneura  
  No Rank Cyclorrhapha  
  Zoosection Aschiza  
 

Superfamily

Syrphoidea  
 

Family

Syrphidae (hover flies)  
 

Subfamily

Eristalinae (drone flies and allies)  
 

Tribe

Eristalini  
  Subtribe Helophiliina  
 

Genus

Helophilus  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

woolly-tailed marsh fly

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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About

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