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title: "Virginia Giant Hover Fly"
description: "Milesia virginiensis — Insekten & Spinnen. Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/virginia-giant-hover-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Virginia Giant Hover Fly

> Milesia virginiensis — Insekten & Spinnen. Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

- Scientific name: *Milesia virginiensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 8722
- Wikidata: [Q10793777](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10793777)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143338](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143338)

## Names

- en: Virginia Giant Hover Fly
- es: Mosca gigante de la fruta

## Countries with the most observations

US (8337), CA (51), MX (12)

## Summary

Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

It measures 18–21 millimetres (0.71–0.83 in). It lives in forest edges and meadows. Adults are active mid-summer to early fall.

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

## Photo

![Virginia Giant Hover Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/virginia-giant-hover-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107052204

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/virginia-giant-hover-fly?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).