Eupeodes volucris

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| image = Eupeodes volucris - 2023 June - California.jpg

| genus = Eupeodes

| species = volucris

| authority = Osten Sacken, 1877

| synonyms = {{Species list

| Eupeodes braggii | Jones, 1917

| Eupeodes weldoni | Jones, 1917

| Syrphus perpallidus | Bigot, 1884

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Eupeodes volucris, the large-tailed aphideater or bird hover fly, is a species of hover fly in the family Syrphidae. As its "aphideater" name implies, larvae prey on plant-sucking insects, primarily aphids.

{{cite web

|author=Geraldine Warner

|url=https://treefruit.wsu.edu/crop-protection/opm/syrphid-flies-hover-flies-flower-flies/

|title=Syrphid Flies (hover flies, flower flies)

|date=1993

|publisher=WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension

}}

The "hover" part of the family name derives from the fact that adults often hover over the plants they visit.

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Eupeodes_volucris-female_hovering.jpg|Female hovering

File:Eupeodes volucris female face.jpg

File:Eupeodes.volucris female.jpg