Family

Hover Flies

Syrphidae

178 species in our catalog · found in 92 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderDiptera (Flies)
FamilySyrphidae (Hover Flies)

Species in this group

Eristalis tenax

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Volucella pellucens

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Eristalis dimidiata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Eristalis pertinax

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sericomyia silentis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Helophilus trivittatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sericomyia chalcopyga

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Episyrphus balteatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Toxomerus marginatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Melangyna novaezelandiae

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Meliscaeva cinctella

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Milesia virginiensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Melanostoma mellina

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Toxomerus geminatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Helophilus fasciatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sericomyia militaris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Dioprosopa clavatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Simosyrphus grandicornis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Volucella bombylans

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eupeodes volucris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eristalis croceimaculata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Melangyna viridiceps

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Volucella zonaria

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Palpada albifrons

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eristalis anthophorina

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Phytomia zonata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eurimyia stipatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Myathropa florea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eristalis transversa

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Copestylum avidum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Rhingia nasica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Epistrophe grossulariae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scaeva pyrastri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ocyptamus fuscipennis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Endemic

Eristalinus punctulatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Helophilus pendulus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eristalis arbustorum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Volucella inanis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Melanostoma fasciatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scaeva affinis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eristalis jugorum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Toxomerus occidentalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Syrphus opinator

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sericomyia chrysotoxoides

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Copestylum marginatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eupeodes corollae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Volucella elegans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphaerophoria scripta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Milesia crabroniformis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Palpada vinetorum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Toxomerus floralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Temnostoma excentricum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Phytomia aesymnus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Baccha cognata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Syrphus octomaculatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chrysotoxum bicincta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eristalinus aeneus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eristalinus megacephalus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Copestylum isabellina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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Showing the 60 most likely of 178 species — the park table below covers them all.

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

<5%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Hover Flies

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	42 of 178	>90%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Black-Horned Smoothtail			~10%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Virginia Giant Hover Fly			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Spotted Wood Fly			~10%
	Oblique-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	+30 more at the park page…
2	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	29 of 178	~90%
	Margined Calligrapher			~20%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~20%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~20%
	Oblique-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Bald-Faced Hornet Fly			~10%
	Black-Legged Gossamer			~10%
	Four-Lined Hornet Fly			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	+17 more at the park page…
3	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	36 of 178	~90%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~20%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Black-Horned Smoothtail			~10%
	Virginia Giant Hover Fly			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Cobalt Hover Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	+24 more at the park page…
4	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	22 of 178	~90%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly			~20%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Furry Dronefly			~10%
	Orange-Belted Leafwalker			~10%
	Pale-Saddled Leucozona			~10%
	Heineken Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	+10 more at the park page…
5	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	11 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~30%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	🦋 Chrysotoxum bicincta			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
6	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	19 of 178	~90%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Orange-Belted Leafwalker			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			~10%
	+7 more at the park page…
7	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	32 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Milesia crabroniformis			~10%
	Sericomyia bombiformis			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	+20 more at the park page…
8	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	27 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Furry Dronefly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	+15 more at the park page…
9	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	22 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	+10 more at the park page…
10	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	12 of 178	~80%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Western Pond Fly			~20%
	Banded Thintail			~20%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~20%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Margined Marsh Fly			~10%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Black-Footed Drone Fly			~10%
	Western Wood Fly			~10%
11	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10 of 178	~80%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Eristalis jugorum			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Sericomyia bombiformis			~10%
12	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	13 of 178	~80%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Volucella elegans			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Chrysotoxum intermedium			~10%
	Large-Spotted Smoothwing			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	+1 more at the park page…
13	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	8 of 178	~80%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~20%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
14	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	18 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Milesia crabroniformis			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			<5%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			<5%
	Sun Fly			<5%
	+6 more at the park page…
15	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	15 of 178	~70%
	Western Pond Fly			~20%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
	Western Wood Fly			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Black-Legged Gossamer			~10%
	Orange-Spotted Drone Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	American Dainty			~10%
	+3 more at the park page…
16	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	11 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	🦋 Eurimyia stipatus			~20%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Shiny Bog Fly			~10%
	Oblique-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
17	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	5 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~40%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
18	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 178	~60%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~30%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~20%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			~20%
	American Snout Fly			~10%
19	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 178	~60%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~30%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
20	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	6 of 178	~60%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Halfband			~20%
	Native Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Orthoprosopa grisea			~10%
	Sphaerophoria macrogaster			~10%
21	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	8 of 178	~60%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
	American Dainty			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Diamond Spottail			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Western Pond Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
22	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	15 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Western Pond Fly			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Western Wood Fly			~10%
	Black-Legged Gossamer			~10%
	Yellow-Shielded Quicksilver			<5%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			<5%
	Banded Thintail			<5%
	Western Calligrapher			<5%
	Bee-Like Quicksilver			<5%
	+3 more at the park page…
23	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	6 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			<5%
24	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	12 of 178	~60%
	Copestylum marginatum			~10%
	Isabelle's Bromeliad Fly			~10%
	Copestylum apiciferum			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Copestylum fornax			~10%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			<5%
	Silver-Banded Hover Fly			<5%
	Common Drone Fly			<5%
	Golden Plushback			<5%
25	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	7 of 178	~50%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Big-Headed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
26	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 178	~50%
	White-Faced Plushback			~20%
	Florida Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Thin-Lined Calligrapher			~10%
	Double-Banded Plushback			~10%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	Black-Backed Calligrapher			~10%
27	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	3 of 178	~50%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
28	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	5 of 178	~50%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
29	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	7 of 178	~50%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Small Spotty-Eyed Drone Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
30	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	9 of 178	~50%
	White-Faced Plushback			~20%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	Florida Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Double-Banded Plushback			~10%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
	Black-Sided Calligrapher			<5%
	Ultramarine Hover Fly			<5%
31	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	7 of 178	~50%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
32	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	9 of 178	~50%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Volucella elegans			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			<5%
	Milesia crabroniformis			<5%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			<5%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			<5%
33	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	8 of 178	~40%
	Epauletted Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Grass Skimmer			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Asarkina rostrata			~10%
	Eristalinus modestus			~10%
	🦋 Eumerus rufitibilis			~10%
	Graptomyza signata			~10%
34	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 178	~40%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
35	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 178	~40%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Bumble Bee Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
36	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 178	~40%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
37	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 178	~40%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Tufted Globetail			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	Exotic Streaktail			~10%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
38	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	9 of 178	~40%
	Spot-Winged Pond Fly			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			<5%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			<5%
	Black-Footed Drone Fly			<5%
39	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	2 of 178	~40%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
40	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	8 of 178	~40%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Comstock's Bromeliad Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			<5%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Victoria's Bromeliad Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			<5%
41	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	11 of 178	~40%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Eristalinus barclayi			<5%
	Migrant Hover Fly			<5%
	Epauletted Hover Fly			<5%
	Eristalinus modestus			<5%
	Episyrphus trisectus			<5%
	Common Grass Skimmer			<5%
	Betasyrphus adligatus			<5%
	Betasyrphus intersectus			<5%
	Simple-Eyed Lagoon Fly			<5%
42	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 178	~40%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			~10%
	Copestylum marginatum			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			<5%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
	Copestylum fornax			<5%
43	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	4 of 178	~40%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Banded Thintail			~10%
44	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 178	~40%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
45	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	7 of 178	~40%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Halfband			~10%
	Native Drone Fly			~10%
	Xylota flavitarsis			<5%
	Orthoprosopa grisea			<5%
	Cyphipelta rufocyanea			<5%
46	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 178	~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
47	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 178	~30%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~20%
	Orange-Spotted Drone Fly			~20%
48	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 178	~30%
	Common Halfband			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~10%
	Native Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Orthoprosopa grisea			<5%
49	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	7 of 178	~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			<5%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			<5%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			<5%
	Black-Footed Drone Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Faced Swiftwing			<5%
50	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 178	~30%
	White-Faced Plushback			~10%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	Virginia Giant Hover Fly			~10%
	Florida Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			<5%
51	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 178	~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Black-Footed Drone Fly			~10%
	Spot-Winged Pond Fly			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
52	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	2 of 178	~30%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~20%
	White-Faced Plushback			~10%
53	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 178	~30%
	Eristalis croceimaculata			~20%
	Syrphus octomaculatus			~10%
54	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 178	~30%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Halfband			~10%
55	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 178	~30%
	Virginia Giant Hover Fly			~20%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
56	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 178	~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Toxomerus vertebratus			~10%
57	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	6 of 178	~30%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Episyrphus trisectus			~10%
	Eristalinus nigricans			<5%
	Common Drone Fly			<5%
	Epauletted Hover Fly			<5%
	Migrant Hover Fly			<5%
58	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 178	~20%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~20%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
59	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 178	~20%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			<5%
	Western Calligrapher			<5%
	Spot-Winged Pond Fly			<5%
	Northern Sickleleg			<5%
60	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 178	~20%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			~10%
61	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	6 of 178	~20%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			<5%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			<5%
	Margined Calligrapher			<5%
	Virginia Giant Hover Fly			<5%
	Golden Plushback			<5%
62	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	3 of 178	~20%
	Large Hover Fly			~10%
	Helophilus hectori			~10%
	Helophilus antipodus			~10%
63	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2 of 178	~20%
	Small Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
64	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 178	~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
65	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 178	~20%
	Temnostoma excentricum			~10%
	Orange-Legged Drone Fly			~10%
66	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 178	~20%
	Large Hover Fly			~20%
67	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 178	~20%
	Large Hover Fly			~20%
68	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 178	~20%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Black-Footed Drone Fly			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
69	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 178	~20%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Woolly-Tailed Marsh Fly			~10%
70	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 178	~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~10%
71	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 178	~20%
	Phytomia zonata			~20%
72	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 178	~20%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
73	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 178	~20%
	Margined Calligrapher			~20%
74	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 178	~20%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			~20%
75	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 178	~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
76	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 178	~10%
	Phytomia aesymnus			~10%
77	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 178	~10%
	Orangebum Hover Fly			<5%
	Epauletted Hover Fly			<5%
	Eristalinus quinquelineatus			<5%
78	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 178	~10%
	Large Hover Fly			~10%
79	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2 of 178	~10%
	Toxomerus crockeri			~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			<5%
80	Padre Island National Seashore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 178	~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
81	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 178	~10%
	Black-Banded Hover Fly			~10%
82	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 178	~10%
	Epauletted Hover Fly			~10%
83	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 178	~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
84	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 178	~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly			~10%
85	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 178	~10%
	Black-Banded Hover Fly			~10%
86	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 178	~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
87	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 178	~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
88	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 178	~10%
	Black-Banded Hover Fly			~10%
89	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 178	~10%
	Dideopsis aegrota			~10%
90	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 178	~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
91	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 178	~10%
	Green Jewel Fly			~10%
92	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 178	<5%
	Orangebum Hover Fly			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	38 of 178	>90%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~40%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~30%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~30%
	Sun Fly			~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~20%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Flower Fly			~20%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~20%
	Grey-Spotted Sedgesitter			~20%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~20%
	+26 more at the city page…
2	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	36 of 178	>90%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~40%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~30%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~30%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Spring Epistrophe			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~20%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~20%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~20%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	+24 more at the city page…
3	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	30 of 178	>90%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~30%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~30%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~30%
	Sun Fly			~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~20%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	+18 more at the city page…
4	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	35 of 178	>90%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~30%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~30%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~20%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Orange-Belted Leafwalker			~10%
	Grey-Spotted Sedgesitter			~10%
	+23 more at the city page…
5	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	31 of 178	~90%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Grey-Spotted Sedgesitter			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	+19 more at the city page…
6	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	28 of 178	~90%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	+16 more at the city page…
7	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	26 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	+14 more at the city page…
8	Sacramento	🇺🇸 United States	25 of 178	~90%
	Western Aphideater			~20%
	Margined Calligrapher			~20%
	Oblique Streaktail			~20%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~20%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Grass Skimmer			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	+13 more at the city page…
9	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	20 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~30%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	🦋 Cheilosia morio			~10%
	Furry Dronefly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	+8 more at the city page…
10	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	26 of 178	~90%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~20%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Furry Dronefly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	+14 more at the city page…
11	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	24 of 178	~90%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	+12 more at the city page…
12	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	25 of 178	~90%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Orange-Belted Leafwalker			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	+13 more at the city page…
13	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	32 of 178	~90%
	Margined Calligrapher			~20%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~20%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Tufted Globetail			<5%
	+20 more at the city page…
14	Paris	🇫🇷 France	26 of 178	~90%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~30%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	+14 more at the city page…
15	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	45 of 178	~80%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Oblique-Banded Pond Fly			~10%
	+33 more at the city page…
16	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	26 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	+14 more at the city page…
17	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	19 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	+7 more at the city page…
18	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	38 of 178	~80%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~20%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			<5%
	+26 more at the city page…
19	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	42 of 178	~80%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			<5%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			<5%
	+30 more at the city page…
20	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	23 of 178	~80%
	Margined Calligrapher			~20%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~20%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Four-Lined Hornet Fly			<5%
	+11 more at the city page…
21	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	18 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Orange-Belted Leafwalker			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Orange-Spined Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Dainty			~10%
	+6 more at the city page…
22	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	9 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~20%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
23	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	26 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			<5%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			<5%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			<5%
	+14 more at the city page…
24	Dublin	🇮🇪 Ireland	15 of 178	~80%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Ladder-Backed Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	+3 more at the city page…
25	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	6 of 178	~80%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~30%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
26	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	21 of 178	~80%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	+9 more at the city page…
27	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	26 of 178	~80%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Western Calligrapher			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Western Pond Fly			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	+14 more at the city page…
28	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	18 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			<5%
	+6 more at the city page…
29	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	27 of 178	~70%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			<5%
	Four-Lined Hornet Fly			<5%
	+15 more at the city page…
30	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	16 of 178	~70%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Chrysotoxum intermedium			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			<5%
	+4 more at the city page…
31	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	14 of 178	~70%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			<5%
	+2 more at the city page…
32	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	19 of 178	~70%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			<5%
	Sun Fly			<5%
	+7 more at the city page…
33	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	13 of 178	~70%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			~10%
	+1 more at the city page…
34	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	27 of 178	~70%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Common Drone Fly			<5%
	+15 more at the city page…
35	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	22 of 178	~70%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Common Grass Skimmer			~10%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Golden Plushback			~10%
	Copestylum marginatum			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			<5%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	+10 more at the city page…
36	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	26 of 178	~70%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Grass Skimmer			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			<5%
	+14 more at the city page…
37	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	25 of 178	~70%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Common Grass Skimmer			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			<5%
	Exotic Streaktail			<5%
	Copestylum marginatum			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	+13 more at the city page…
38	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	22 of 178	~70%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Western Aphideater			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Western Calligrapher			<5%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			<5%
	+10 more at the city page…
39	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	32 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			<5%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			<5%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			<5%
	Tapered Drone Fly			<5%
	Woolly-Tailed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Common Flower Fly			<5%
	+20 more at the city page…
40	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	7 of 178	~70%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~20%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
41	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	19 of 178	~70%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			<5%
	Wavy Mucksucker			<5%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			<5%
	Slender Smoothtail			<5%
	+7 more at the city page…
42	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	17 of 178	~60%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			<5%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			<5%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	+5 more at the city page…
43	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	15 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Volucella elegans			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			<5%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			<5%
	+3 more at the city page…
44	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	18 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			<5%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
	Chrysotoxum intermedium			<5%
	🦋 Melanostoma mellina			<5%
	+6 more at the city page…
45	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	6 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
46	Salt Lake City	🇺🇸 United States	16 of 178	~60%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Loopwing Aphideater			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Common Grass Skimmer			<5%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	+4 more at the city page…
47	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	12 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Flower Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			<5%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
48	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	10 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			~10%
	Spotted Thintail			~10%
49	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	15 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
	Milesia crabroniformis			<5%
	Sun Fly			<5%
	Migrant Hover Fly			<5%
	+3 more at the city page…
50	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	19 of 178	~60%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Eastern Calligrapher			<5%
	Tropical Plushback			<5%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			<5%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			<5%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			<5%
	+7 more at the city page…
51	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	16 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Spring Epistrophe			<5%
	Tapered Drone Fly			<5%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			<5%
	Eurasian Smoothwing			<5%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			<5%
	Sun Fly			<5%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
	+4 more at the city page…
52	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	11 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~20%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			<5%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			<5%
	Migrant Hover Fly			<5%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			<5%
53	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	8 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Hornet Mimic Hover Fly			~10%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Trivittate Marsh Fly			~10%
54	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	19 of 178	~60%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Woolly-Tailed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			<5%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			<5%
	Black-Horned Smoothtail			<5%
	Four-Lined Hornet Fly			<5%
	+7 more at the city page…
55	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	11 of 178	~60%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~10%
	Sun Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Yellow-Haired Sun Fly			~10%
	Lesser Hornet Hoverfly			~10%
	Pellucid Hover Fly			~10%
	Tapered Drone Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Stripe-Backed Brusheye			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			<5%
	Hook-Barred Spearhorn			<5%
56	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	17 of 178	~50%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Dusky-Winged Hover Fly			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Tropical Plushback			<5%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Thin-Lined Calligrapher			<5%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Exotic Streaktail			<5%
	+5 more at the city page…
57	Detroit	🇺🇸 United States	10 of 178	~50%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Eurasian Drone Fly			~10%
	Transverse-Banded Flower Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			~10%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			~10%
	Eastern Calligrapher			~10%
	Eastern Hornet Fly			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			<5%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
58	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	6 of 178	~50%
	Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly			~20%
	Marmalade Hover Fly			~20%
	Migrant Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Globetail			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
59	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	16 of 178	~50%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Oblique Streaktail			~10%
	Northern Plushback			~10%
	🦋 Dioprosopa clavatus			~10%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			~10%
	Maize Calligrapher			<5%
	Tropical Plushback			<5%
	Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			<5%
	Mexican Cactus Fly			<5%
	Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly			<5%
	Copestylum marginatum			<5%
	+4 more at the city page…
60	Calgary	🇨🇦 Canada	14 of 178	~50%
	Common Drone Fly			~10%
	White-Bowed Smoothwing			~10%
	Thick-Legged Hover Fly			~10%
	Black-Margined Flower Fly			~10%
	Margined Calligrapher			~10%
	Large-Tailed Aphideater			<5%
	Yellow-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Western Aphideater			<5%
	Woolly-Tailed Marsh Fly			<5%
	Black-Shouldered Drone Fly			<5%
	Narrow-Banded Pond Fly			<5%
	Narcissus Bulb Fly			<5%
	+2 more at the city page…

Hover Flies

Species in this group

Common Drone Fly

Pellucid Hover Fly

Black-Shouldered Drone Fly

Tapered Drone Fly

Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly

Trivittate Marsh Fly

Western Pond Fly

Marmalade Hover Fly

Margined Calligrapher

Large Hover Fly

Banded Thintail

Virginia Giant Hover Fly

Melanostoma mellina

Eastern Calligrapher

Narrow-Headed Marsh Fly

Narrow-Banded Pond Fly

Common Loopwing Aphideater

Dioprosopa clavatus

Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly

Bumble Bee Hover Fly

Large-Tailed Aphideater

Eristalis croceimaculata

Common Halfband

Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

White-Faced Plushback

Orange-Spotted Drone Fly

Phytomia zonata

Eurimyia stipatus

Yellow-Haired Sun Fly

Transverse-Banded Flower Fly

Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly

American Snout Fly

Black-Horned Smoothtail

Eurasian Smoothwing

Dusky-Winged Hover Fly

Native Drone Fly

Sun Fly

Eurasian Drone Fly

Lesser Hornet Hoverfly

Small Hover Fly

White-Bowed Smoothwing

Eristalis jugorum

Western Calligrapher

Black-Margined Flower Fly

Oblique-Banded Pond Fly

Copestylum marginatum

Migrant Hover Fly

Volucella elegans

Common Globetail

Milesia crabroniformis

Northern Plushback

Florida Calligrapher

Temnostoma excentricum

Phytomia aesymnus

American Dainty

Syrphus octomaculatus

Chrysotoxum bicincta

Common Lagoon Fly

Big-Headed Lagoon Fly

Isabelle's Bromeliad Fly

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Hover Flies

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