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Hoverflies of North America

Holarctic Pied Hoverfly 1
Scaeva pyrastri
Common Flower Fly 2
Syrphus ribesii
Long hoverfly 1
Sphaerophoria scripta
Western Calligrapher 3
Toxomerus occidentalis
Triangular Lucent 4
Didea alneti
Oblique Stripetail Hoverfly 5
Allograpta obliqua
Common Dainty 6
Baccha elongata
Eastern Calligrapher 7
Toxomerus geminatus
Margined Calligrapher 4
Toxomerus marginatus
Black-legged Forest Fly 1
Syrphus vitripennis
Maize Calligrapher 8
Toxomerus politus
Meadow Sedgesitter
Platycheirus quadratus
Eastern Band-winged Hover Fly 9
Ocyptamus fascipennis
Paragus haemorrhous
Black-striped Globetail 4
Sphaerophoria novaeangliae
Black-footed Globetail
Sphaerophoria philanthus
Black-horned Smoothtail 4
Epistrophe grossulariae
Bird Hover Fly 10
Eupeodes volucris
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus opinator
Western Roundtail 1
Melanostoma mellinum
Canadian Hilltopper 11
Doros aequalis
Tufted Globetail 12
Sphaerophoria contigua
Allograpta exotica 13
Toxomerus pulchellus 14
American Thintail 15
Meliscaeva cinctella
Variable Aphideater 1
Eupeodes latifasciatus
Ocyptamus fuscipennis 9
Small Hover Fly 16
Melanostoma fasciatum
Watson's Calligrapher
Toxomerus watsoni
Common Loopwing Aphideater 4
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Confusing Flower Fly 4
Dasysyrphus intrudens
Transverse Conifer Fly 17
Dasysyrphus venustus
Pseudoscaeva diversifasciata
American Hoverfly 18
Eupeodes americanus
Ocyptamus lemur 19
Black-legged Gossamer 4
Megasyrphus laxus
Thin-lined Calligrapher 20
Toxomerus boscii
Large-spotted Halfband 11
Melangyna fisherii
American Painted Fly 21
Xanthogramma flavipes
Four-Speckled Hoverfly 8
Dioprosopa clavata
Fourspot Sedgesitter 11
Platycheirus rosarum
Toxomerus jussiaeae 22
Eupeodes fumipennis 23
Hybobathus lineatus
Slender Smoothtail 11
Epistrophella emarginata
Undivided Lucent
Didea fuscipes
Ocyptamus coeruleus
Boreal Conifer Fly 24
Dasysyrphus laticaudus
Ocyptamus cylindricus 14
Toxomerus arcifer 25
Allograpta radiata 26
Eastern Flower Fly 27
Syrphus knabi
Chrysotoxum derivatum 11
Toxomerus verticalis 28
Toxomerus pictus 29
American Whitebelt 30
Leucozona americana
Fazia micrura 31
Pelecinobaccha costata 16
Blackshield Meadow Fly 4
Chrysotoxum flavifrons
Chrysotoxum pubescens
Ocyptamus parvicornis

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