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Virginia Giant Hover Fly
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Virginia Giant Hover Fly

Milesia virginiensis

Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

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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 143338.