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title: "Large-tailed Aphideater"
description: "Eupeodes volucris — Insekten & Spinnen. Eupeodes volucris, the large-tailed aphideater or bird hover fly, is a species of hover fly in the family Syrphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/large-tailed-aphideater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large-tailed Aphideater

> Eupeodes volucris — Insekten & Spinnen. Eupeodes volucris, the large-tailed aphideater or bird hover fly, is a species of hover fly in the family Syrphidae.

- Scientific name: *Eupeodes volucris*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12246
- Wikidata: [Q10759604](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10759604)
- iNaturalist taxon: [322357](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/322357)

## Names

- en: Large-tailed Aphideater
- es: Mosca flotadora de cola larga

## Countries with the most observations

US (10318), CA (757), MX (236)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupeodes_volucris

## Photo

![Large-tailed Aphideater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-tailed-aphideater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11843527

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-tailed-aphideater?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).