Sericomyia lata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Sericomyia
- Species
- Sericomyia lata
- Scientific Name
- Sericomyia lata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sericomyia lata
Sericomyia lata (Coquillett 1907), the White-spotted Pond Fly , is a common species of syrphid fly observed across North America, concentrated in the east. 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 11.6–15.2 mm (0.46–0.60 in) long and black with large white abdominal spots. The larvae of this genus are known as rat tailed maggots for the long posterior breathing tube.
...Sericomyia lata in languages:
- English
- White-spotted Pond Fly
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sericomyia arctica
- Sericomyia bequaerti
- Sericomyia bifasciata
- Sericomyia bombiformis
- Sericomyia carolinensis
- Sericomyia chalcopyga
- Sericomyia chrysotoxoides
- Sericomyia dux
- Sericomyia flagrans
- Sericomyia harveyi
- Sericomyia hispanica
- Sericomyia jakutica
- Sericomyia khamensis
- Sericomyia lappona
- Sericomyia lata
- Sericomyia meyeri
- Sericomyia militaris
- Sericomyia nigra
- Sericomyia sachalinica
- Sericomyia sexfasciata
- Sericomyia silentis
- Sericomyia slossonae
- Sericomyia superbiens
- Sericomyia tolli
- Sericomyia transversa
- Sericomyia vockerothi
- Sericomyia volucellina
- Sericomyia woodi




























































































































































