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syrphid fly

noun

  1. any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids.

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This is a very bright-colored syrphid fly often seen soaring in shadowy places, but what he is doing we do not know.

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