Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris)

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Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Bee Flies Anthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Rutilia sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Odontomyia decipiens Opaluma (Australian Soldier Fly) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris)

The Common Hover Fly, also known as the Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), pictured here in Alice Springs in Central Australia.

Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly are known as syrphid flies or flower flies, and belong to the family Syrphidae. The larvae of Ischiodon scutellaris feed on aphids and are known as an effective biological control agent for controlling aphids that feed on crops. The adult Ischiodon scutellaris feed on nectar from flowers and weeds.

More information under Diptera > Syrphidae.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Diptera
• Suborder: Brachycera
• Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha
• Informal: Aschiza
• Superfamily: Syrphoidea
• Family: Syrphidae
• Subfamily: Syrphinae
• Tribe: Syrphini
• Genus: Ischiodon
• Species: Ischiodon scutellaris

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Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Bee Flies Anthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Rutilia sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Odontomyia decipiens Opaluma (Australian Soldier Fly) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris)

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