American Hover (Flower) Fly on New England Aster - approx. 1.2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2007
Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1.2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2007
Toxomerus geminatus Hover Fly - approx. 7 mm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - August 2007
Allograpta Hover (Flower) Fly on Canada Goldenrod - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2007
Sphaerophoria Hover (Flower) Fly on Field Bindweed - approx. 1 cm - Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek) - July 2009
Hover (Flower) Fly on Chicory - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2007
Platycheirus? Hover (Flower) Fly on Tall Buttercup - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2007
Home
Hover Flies
Page Last Updated: March 28 2012
American Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Eupeodes (Metasyrphus)
Species: Americanus
Helophilus Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Helophilus
Species: Fasciatus?
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Toxomerus
Species: Geminatus
Allograpta Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Allograpta
Species: Obliqua
Sphaerophoria Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Sphaerophoria
Species: ?
Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Platycheirus? Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Platycheirus?
Species: ?
More American Hover Flies
Updated January 14 2009
More Toxomerus Hover Flies
Updated December 27 2011
More Platycheirus Hover Flies
Updated January 14 2009
15 species
Transverse Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2011
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Eristalis
Species: Transversa
Narcissus Bulb Fly - approx. 1.5 cm - Jack Darling Park (Mississauga) - May 2009
Narcissus Bulb Fly - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Merodon
Species: Equestris
? Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2008
? Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Species: ?
Temnostoma Fly - approx. 1.5 cm - Toronto Islands - May 2010
Temnostoma Fly - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Temnostoma
Species: Barberi?
Yellowjacket mimic
Eristalis arbustorum Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2009
Eristalis arbustorum Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Eristalis
Species: Arbustorum
Bright yellow scutellum is characteristic of this Eristalis
species
species
Eristalis? Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1.2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2008
Eristalis? Hover (Flower) Fly - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Eristalis?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Spilomyia Fly - approx. 1.5 cm - Toronto Islands - September 2011
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Spilomyia
Species: Longicornis?
Yellowjacket mimic
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
The scutellum of T. geminatus is blackish with a yellow
border while that of the similar T. marginatus (see below) is
yellowish or brownish or a diffuse mixture of both - T.
marginatus has a thin, continuous yellow margin on the
abdomen
border while that of the similar T. marginatus (see below) is
yellowish or brownish or a diffuse mixture of both - T.
marginatus has a thin, continuous yellow margin on the
abdomen
Genus: Sphaerophoria?
Toxomerus marginatus Hover Fly - approx. 6 mm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - July 2008
Order: Diptera (Flies)
Family: Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Genus: Toxomerus
Species: Marginatus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
The scutellum of T. geminatus (see above) is blackish with
a yellow border while that of the similar T. marginatus is
yellowish or brownish or a diffuse mixture of both - T.
marginatus has a thin, continuous yellow margin on the
abdomen
a yellow border while that of the similar T. marginatus is
yellowish or brownish or a diffuse mixture of both - T.
marginatus has a thin, continuous yellow margin on the
abdomen