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Giant Flower Flies
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Giant Flower Flies

Milesia

Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro.

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28 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Virginia Giant Hover Fly

speciesMilesia virginiensis

Milesia crabroniformis

speciesMilesia crabroniformis

Milesia semiluctifera

speciesMilesia semiluctifera

Milesia balteata

speciesMilesia balteata

Milesia fissipennis

speciesMilesia fissipennis

Milesia sinensis

speciesMilesia sinensis

Yellow-backed Giant

speciesMilesia scutellata

Milesia bella

speciesMilesia bella

Milesia fuscicosta

speciesMilesia fuscicosta

Milesia undulata

speciesMilesia undulata

Milesia vespoides

speciesMilesia vespoides

Milesia yaeyamana

speciesMilesia yaeyamana

Milesia elegans

speciesMilesia elegans

Milesia semifulva

speciesMilesia semifulva

Milesia apsycta

speciesMilesia apsycta

Milesia ferruginosa

speciesMilesia ferruginosa

Milesia pulchra

speciesMilesia pulchra

Milesia caesarea

speciesMilesia caesarea

Milesia maai

speciesMilesia maai

Milesia dearmata

speciesMilesia dearmata

Milesia cretica

speciesMilesia cretica

Milesia bequaerti

speciesMilesia bequaerti

Milesia mima

speciesMilesia mima

Milesia cretosa

speciesMilesia cretosa

Milesia arnoldi

speciesMilesia arnoldi

Milesia macularis

speciesMilesia macularis

Milesia confluens

speciesMilesia confluens

Milesia semperi

speciesMilesia semperi

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Giant Flower Flies in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.110

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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 143339.