Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

One of three guides to Spark (the others cover Spark vertebrates, and Spark plants & fungi)

Discover the diverse and beautiful species that make their home in Spark. Please note that this is private property, and permission is needed to explore here.

Species in the guide are ...more ↓

All 393

Taxonomy
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- Aschizan Flies Zoosection Aschiza
  - 5 Drone Flies and Allies Subfamily Eristalinae
  - 10 Typical Hover Flies Subfamily Syrphinae

Syrphini ¹

Allograpta ²

Oblique Streaktail ³
Allograpta obliqua

Common Loopwing Aphideater ⁴
Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Diamond Spottail ⁵
Fazia micrura

White-bowed Smoothwing ⁶
Scaeva affinis

Bird Hover Fly ⁷
Eupeodes volucris

Western Aphideater ⁸
Eupeodes fumipennis

Sedgesitters ⁹
Platycheirus

Black-backed Grass Skimmer
Paragus haemorrhous

Eristalis ¹⁰

Black-footed Drone Fly ¹¹
Eristalis hirta

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ¹²
Eristalis stipator

Foxlee's Hornet Fly
Spilomyia foxleei

Golden Copperback ¹³
Ferdinandea croesus

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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

Syrphini 1

Allograpta 2

Oblique Streaktail 3 Allograpta obliqua

Common Loopwing Aphideater 4 Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Diamond Spottail 5 Fazia micrura

White-bowed Smoothwing 6 Scaeva affinis

Bird Hover Fly 7 Eupeodes volucris

Western Aphideater 8 Eupeodes fumipennis

Sedgesitters 9 Platycheirus

Black-backed Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous

Eristalis 10

Black-footed Drone Fly 11 Eristalis hirta

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 12 Eristalis stipator

Foxlee's Hornet Fly Spilomyia foxleei

Golden Copperback 13 Ferdinandea croesus