Hover fly vs Painted Woolly Bat

Cheilosia pagana compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Hover fly is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hover fly	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Syrphidae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cheilosia	Kerivoula
Species	Cheilosia pagana	Kerivoula picta

Evolutionary Relationship

Hover fly and Painted Woolly Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hover fly

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hover fly	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hover fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.