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Syrphid - aphid predator - Pseudodoros clavatus - male
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Syrphid - aphid predator - Pseudodoros clavatus - Male
Gainesville, Florida, USA
September 29, 2004
Adult raised from larva found eating aphids on milkweed.

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 27 October, 2004 - 8:22pm
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 8:56pm

Pseudodoros clavatus
In the Syrphids of America there are a few genera with such a petiolate and thin abdomen.
For example: the genera Ocyptamus, Allograpta, Leucopodella, Baccha (should be written this way!) and Pseudodoros.
After studying the picture this seems like this last genus, with just one species: Pseudodoros clavatus.
Characteristic are the antennae which are quite close together, and the yellow scutellum with the broad transverse black band!
This is a male!
Greetings
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 16 February, 2005 - 5:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gerard
I have the immature stages on this site too and will move all to this guide - perhaps the immatures will confirm the ID?

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 23 February, 2005 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Bacca ?
Looks like the group Eric thinks may be called Bacca
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2004 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Bacca unlikely
Could be, but all the Bacca (Baccha?) I know of have some kind of spotting on the wings. The body shape is slightly different also. Nice images, so somebody should eventually be able to ID it.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 October, 2004 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
But not actually blue, I think
that's the poor light - I took its picture indoors after brief chilling, but when I carried it outdoors for better light it warmed up and flew away!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 27 October, 2004 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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