Sphaerophoria contigua (Macquart, 1847) is a animal in the Syrphidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Sphaerophoria contigua (Macquart, 1847)

Sphaerophoria contigua (Macquart, 1847)

Sphaerophoria contigua is an aphid-eating syrphid fly species in the family Syrphidae.

Family
Genus
Sphaerophoria
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Sphaerophoria contigua (Macquart, 1847)

Sphaerophoria contigua (Macquart, 1847) is a species of syrphid fly that belongs to the family Syrphidae. This species acts as a predator of aphids.

Photo: (c) Thilina Hettiarachchi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thilina Hettiarachchi · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Sphaerophoria

More from Syrphidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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