Calligrapher Fly

Toxomerus marginatus insect

Tiny hover fly; aphid-predator larvae, pollinator adults.

53 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine AsterAster alpinuswildflower · June-JulyBlue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium montanumwildflower · June–JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBroad-leaved ArrowheadSagittaria latifoliaaquatic · July-AugustBroad-leaved Water-plantainAlisma trivialeaquatic · June-AugustBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustSaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSquare-stem MonkeyflowerMimulus ringenswildflower · July-AugustStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–JuneStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall Meadow RueThalictrum dasycarpumwildflower · Jun-JulWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatumwildflower · August–SeptemberWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–AugustYellow Lady's SlipperCypripedium parviflorumwildflower · May-JunYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-Aug

gathers pollen at

Showy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–August