
	Description
	Woolly-tailed marsh fly is a medium-sized hoverfly. It occurs in northern Europe, where it is common, and in western Canada, where it is less common. There are just a handful of records in the United States. It is rare in Minnesota. Adults appears somewhat bee-like, with a longitudinally striped thorax and a horizontally banded abdomen.

	Size
	Total length: ⅜″ to ⅝″

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	Biology
	Season
	Late March to early October

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Larva Food


	Adult Food


	Taxonomy
	Order	Diptera (flies)
	Suborder	Brachycera
	Infraorder	Muscomorpha
	No Rank	Eremoneura
	No Rank	Cyclorrhapha
	Zoosection	Aschiza
	Superfamily	Syrphoidea
	Family	Syrphidae (hover flies)
	Subfamily	Eristalinae (drone flies and allies)
	Tribe	Eristalini
	Subtribe	Helophiliina
	Genus	Helophilus

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	woolly-tailed marsh fly


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