Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis)

About Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Flies
• Family: Hover Flies

Simosyrphus grandicornis, commonly known as the yellow-shouldered stout hoverfly, is an Australasian species of hoverfly, and is one of the two most common hoverflies in Australia, alongside Melangyna viridiceps. It has been introduced to a number of Polynesian Islands as well as Hawaii.