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Merodon equestris (narcissus bulb fly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Merodon equestris (Narcissus bulb fly, greater bulb fly, large bulb fly, large Narcissus fly) is a European species of hoverfly (Family Syrphidae). Like other hoverflies it displays a colouration pattern similar to a stinging insect (a bumblebee in this case) as an evolutionary defense mechanism.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Amaryllis belladonna (belladonna lily)[1]
Hyacinthus belgicus (English bluebell)[2]
Hyacinthus orientalis (garden hyacinth)[1]
Leucojum aestivum (summer snowflake)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eumerus funeralis1
Xestia sexstrigata (Six-striped Rustic)1

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0