Platycheirus scamboides

Platycheirus scamboides (Curran 1927),^[1][2] the yellowspine sedgesitter, is a rare species of syrphid fly observed in northeastern North America.^[3] Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae are aphid predators.^[4][5]

Platycheirus scamboides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae
Tribe:	Bacchini
Genus:	Platycheirus
Subgenus:	Platycheirus
Species:	P. scamboides
Binomial name
Platycheirus scamboides Curran 1927