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title: "Common Flower Fly"
description: "Syrphus ribesii — Insectos y arañas. Syrphus ribesii is a very common Holarctic species of hoverfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-flower-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Flower Fly

> Syrphus ribesii — Insectos y arañas. Syrphus ribesii is a very common Holarctic species of hoverfly.

- Scientific name: *Syrphus ribesii*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 9190
- Wikidata: [Q1548397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1548397)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52488](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52488)

## Names

- en: Common Flower Fly
- de: Große Schwebfliege
- fr: Syrphe du groseillier
- nl: Bessenbandzweefvlieg

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3070), DE (497), FR (423), CA (375), US (371), RU (359), FI (168), NL (161), DK (144), IT (99), PL (91), AT (88)

## Summary

Syrphus ribesii is a very common Holarctic species of hoverfly. Its larvae feed on aphids. In common with many other species of hoverfly, males have the eyes meeting on the top of the head, whilst females have their eyes widely separated.

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

## Photo

![Common Flower Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-flower-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341242356

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-flower-fly?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).