Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of
hoverfly in the family
Syrphidae.[6]
Yellowjacket hover fly, Milesia virginiensis
It measures 18–21 millimetres (0.71–0.83 in).[citation needed] It lives in forest edges and meadows. Adults are active mid-summer to early fall.[citation needed]
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^Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512.
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