Eupeodes confrater is a species of hoverfly found in Australia and south-east Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eupeodes confrater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Epistrophe xanthostoma
- Parasyrphus lineolus
- Epistrophe nitidicollis
- Syrphus reedi
- Eupeodes latifasciatus
- Epistrophe grossulariae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Eupeodes
- Species
- Eupeodes confrater
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