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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Tropidiina » Syritta » Syritta pipiens
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Another insect on asparagus - Syritta pipiens
Copyright © 2010 waldeneffect

Another insect on asparagus - Syritta pipiens
Scott County, Virginia, USA
May 20, 2010
Size: Small
We have a very bad infestation of the asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) and I'm hoping one of its natural enemies will show up. I have no clue what this insect is, but it was perched on the asparagus frond and I'm hoping it'll eat my asparagus beetles. Will it?
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Contributed by waldeneffect on 20 May, 2010 - 9:13am
Last updated 27 November, 2014 - 1:19pm

Moved
Moved from Tropidia.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 27 November, 2014 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 20 May, 2010 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Not completely sure that this
Not completely sure that this is a Tropidia. But the legs are very dark, might be a Syritta...
… Martin Hauser, 20 May, 2010 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
The face looks wrong for Trop
The face looks wrong for Tropidia, and the hindleg more like Syritta to me as well...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 20 July, 2014 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid of some kind.
In fact, those hind femora (and the overall appearance) make me think of Syritta pipiens:



If this is correct--and, mind you, that's a big if--its larvae feed on decaying organic matter, and the adults take nectar--not a lot of help with your infestation, I'm afraid.

Still, I could be wrong, so wait for other opinions.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 May, 2010 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
A nectar-feeder would make se
A nectar-feeder would make sense --- I forgot to mention that the asparagus is just starting to bloom.
… waldeneffect, 20 May, 2010 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Syritta seconded -
FWIW...
… Ken Schneider, 20 May, 2010 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

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