Summary description from Wikipedia:

Milesia virginiensis in languages:

English

Virginia Flower Fly

English

Yellowjacket Hover Fly

English

Virginia Giant Hover Fly

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Parent Taxon

• Milesia

Sibling Taxa

• Milesia apsycta
• Milesia arnoldi
• Milesia balteata
• Milesia bella
• Milesia bequaerti
• Milesia caesarea
• Milesia crabroniformis
• Milesia cretica
• Milesia cretosa
• Milesia elegans
• Milesia ferruginosa
• Milesia fissipennis
• Milesia macularis
• Milesia pulchra
• Milesia scutellata
• Milesia semifulva
• Milesia semiluctifera
• Milesia sinensis
• Milesia undulata
• Milesia vespoides
• Milesia virginiensis

Top Observation Places

• Plano
• Suffolk
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• Athens
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• Dale City
• Huntsville
• Fayetteville
• Columbia
• Richmond
• Bowie
• Asheville
• Durham
• Cary
• Chapel Hill