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Myathropa
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Myathropa

Myathropa is a European and North African genus of very common hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. Larvae feed on bacteria in organic waterlogged detritus, often in the shallow rot holes of tree stumps.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow-haired Sun Fly

speciesMyathropa florea

Myathropa semenovi

speciesMyathropa semenovi

Myathropa usta

speciesMyathropa usta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70282.