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Milesia crabroniformis | |
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Genus: | Milesia Latreille, 1804
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Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies[1] which mimic social wasps for example the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species (Vespa crabro).
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References
[edit]- ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 9050111998.
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Category:Diptera of Europe Category:Hoverflies