Bed-jacket vs Hover fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Eumerus strigatus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Hover fly is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Hover fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Syrphidae
Genus	Alectryon	Eumerus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Eumerus strigatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Hover fly

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Hover fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Hover fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.