
	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


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	Adult Food


	Taxonomy
	Order	Diptera (flies)
	Suborder	Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, muscoid flies, short-horned flies)
	Infraorder	Muscomorpha
	No Rank	Eremoneura
	No Rank	Cyclorrhapha (circular-seamed flies)
	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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