Description A groundbreaking Guide to Flower Flies in North America This is the first comprehensive Field Guide to the Flower Flies (also known as hover flies) of Northeastern North America.
Crins is retired and spent much of his career working with the parks and protected areas.
William J.
Kevin Moran is a doctoral candidate at Carleton University.
Young is a postdoctoral fellow with the California Department of Food and Agriculture at the California State Collection of Arthropods.
Andrew D.
Locke is a collection management technician with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes (CNC).
Skevington is a research scientist and Michelle M.
Summarizing the current scientific understanding of our Flower fly fauna, this is an indispensable resource for anyone, amateur naturalist or scientist, interested in discovering the beauty of these insects.- 3000+ color photos (Field and museum shots)- Multiple images per species, with arrows highlighting key Field marks- Grayscale images showing the actual size of the insect- Range maps for each species- Information on size, identification features, abundance, flight times, and more About the Author Jeffrey H.
Each species account provides information on size, identification, abundance, and flight time, along with notes on behavior, classification, hybridization, habitats, larvae, and more.
With more than 3, 000 color photographs and 400 maps, this Guide covers all 416 species of Flower Flies that occur North of Tennessee and east of the Dakotas, including the high Arctic and Greenland.
This handy and informative Guide teaches you how.
Despite this, many species are distinctive and even subtly differentiated species can be accurately identified.
Found in a varied range of habitats, from backyard gardens to aquatic ecosystems, these Flies are often overlooked because many of their species mimic bees or wasps.
Flower Flies are, along with bees, our most important pollinators.
Description A groundbreaking Guide to Flower Flies in North America This is the first comprehensive Field Guide to the Flower Flies (also known as hover flies) of Northeastern North America