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Yellowjacket Hover Fly

Milesia virginiensis (Drury 1773)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are mutualistic with

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Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. P. C. Barton (American water horehound)
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Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow, milfoil)
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Stellaria media (L.) Vill. (common chickweed)
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Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf. (slenderleaf false foxglove)
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Persicaria punctata (Ell.) Small (Dotted Smartweed)

are preyed upon by

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Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)

behavioral circadian rhythm

GILBERT 1985
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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body length

AmericanInsects

21 mm

(adult, average)
AmericanInsects

19 mm

(adult, average)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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eat

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Hypericum prolificum L. (shrubby St. Johnswort)
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Conoclinium coelestinum (L.) DC. (blue mistflower)
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Cephalanthus occidentalis L. (common buttonbush)
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Cephalanthus occidentalis L. (common buttonbush)
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Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. (Honeyvine)

feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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visit

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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)
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Saponaria officinalis L. (bouncingbet)
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Helianthus maximiliani Schrad. (Maximilian sunflower)
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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)
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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)

visit flowers of

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Physalis virginiana Mill. (Virginia groundcherry)
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Lysimachia lanceolata Walt. (Lance-Leaf Yellow-Loosestrife)
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Teucrium canadense L. (Canada germander)
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Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz (spreading chervil)
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Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow, milfoil)