Long-nosed Swamp Fly
Eurimyia stipata (Fabricius, 1787)
Long-nosed Swamp Fly: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/21713
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"Lejops species have the eyes separated on both sexes. The main sexual dimorphism is in the color and shape of the abdomen. The females are more blue gray and have an oval shaped abdomen, while the males have a more slender abdomen and are more orange. Therefore the orange L. lineatus are males not females. " Martin Hauser/BugGuide.

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Eurimyia stipata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eurimyia
Species:
E. stipata
Binomial name
Eurimyia stipata
(Walker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Helophilus stipatus Walker 1849
  • Helophilus anausis Walker 1849
  • Helophilus conostoma Williston 1886

Eurimyia stipata, the long-nosed swamp fly, is a species of syrphid fly observed across northern North America. Syrphid flies are also known as Hover Flies or Flower Flies because the adults are frequently found hovering around flowers from which they feed on nectar and pollen. Adults are 11.7–17.1 mm (0.46–0.67 in) long with a striped scutum and sawtooth yellow abdominal spots . Larvae of this genus are aquatic.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
  2. ^ Curran, C.H. (1926). "Revision of the Nearctic Species of Helophilus and Allied Genera". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 22: 207–281.