Bug FAQForked Globetail
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes · Order: Diptera · Family: Syrphidae
The forked globetail lives in Western North America. It is native to Western North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Found in Western North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Native to Western North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Syrphidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerophoria_sulphuripes
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.