Maryland Biodiversity Project - Bald-faced Hornet Fly (Spilomyia fusca)

Bald-faced Hornet Fly Spilomyia fusca Loew, 1864

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Syrphidae > Genus Spilomyia Bald-faced Hornet Fly - Spilomyia fusca - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/21506

Mimics Bald-faced Hornet. According to BugGuide, "...second tergite entirely black, eyes pale, with dark spots and vertical bands."

There are 2 records in the project database.

Bald-faced Hornet Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/5/2016). (c) Chia aka Cory Chiappone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Chia aka Cory Chiappone via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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