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  2. Eristalis tenax - Wikipedia

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    Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly, is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. [2] It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe [3] and ...

  3. Eristalis arbustorum - Wikipedia

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    Eristalis arbustorum, the European drone fly, is an abundant Northern Hemisphere species of syrphid fly, originally officially described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Musca arbustorum. The name "drone fly" is related to its similar appearance to the drone of the honeybee. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in ...

  4. Locomotor mimicry - Wikipedia

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    Locomotor mimicry is a subtype of Batesian mimicry in which animals avoid predation by mimicking the movements of another species phylogenetically separated. [1] This can be in the form of mimicking a less desirable species or by mimicking the predator itself. [1] Animals can show similarity in swimming, walking, or flying of their model animals.

  5. Animal Coloration (book) - Wikipedia

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    As a result, many zoologists rejected both Batesian mimicry and Müllerian mimicry. [7] Beddard, writes Yost, explained some problems in the theory of mimicry including that, given how many insect species there are, resemblances between species could arise by chance, and that mimicry was sometimes either useless or actually harmful.

  6. Eristalis brousii - Wikipedia

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    Eristalis brousii, also known as the hourglass drone fly, [1] is a fly species in the Syrphidae family first described by Samuel Wendell Williston in 1882. [2] The species has become largely extinct outside of Northern Canada. Eristalis brousii are part of the hoverfly family, known for hovering above flowers to collect nectar and pollen. [3]

  7. Eristalis dimidiata - Wikipedia

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    [4] [6] Black-shouldered drone flies have opaque, infuscated humeral cells (at the base of their wings), with the rest of the wing entirely hyaline (transparent), except for possibly a diffuse medial spot on the wing. Their hind tarsi are entirely black. Overall, much of the fly is black, though the wings are mostly transparent and the ...

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  9. Hoverfly - Wikipedia

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    An example of a well-known hoverfly maggot is the rat-tailed maggot of the drone fly, Eristalis tenax. It has a breathing siphon at its rear end, giving it its name. [6] The species lives in stagnant water, such as sewage and lagoons. [15] The maggots also have a commercial use, and are sometimes sold for ice fishing. [16]