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title: "Migrant Hover Fly"
description: "Eupeodes corollae — Insetos e aranhas. Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/migrant-hover-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Migrant Hover Fly

> Eupeodes corollae — Insetos e aranhas. Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly.

- Scientific name: *Eupeodes corollae*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 18850
- Wikidata: [Q1758301](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758301)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69190](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69190)

## Names

- en: Migrant Hover Fly
- de: Gemeine Feldschwebfliege
- fr: Syrphe des corolles
- nl: Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4278), DE (1359), ES (1311), FR (1211), DK (845), NL (617), PT (500), ZA (498), FI (395), IT (373), RU (350), AT (269)

## Summary

Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly. Adults are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control, and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations.
E. corollae is found across Europe, North Africa and Asia. Adults are often migratory.

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

## Photo

![Migrant Hover Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/migrant-hover-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320567952

## Machine access

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