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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Ocyptamus » Ocyptamus fuscipennis
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Tiny wasp? - Ocyptamus fuscipennis - female
Copyright © 2019 Louise Woodrich

Tiny wasp? - Ocyptamus fuscipennis - Female
Outside Richmond, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
September 4, 2019
Size: 1/8"
Sorry for poor images, but it was tiny like a mosquito, but longer. There was a group of them, and they never sat still for more than a nanosecond, It looks like they may have been feeding on aphids - yea!
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Contributed by Louise Woodrich on 4 September, 2019 - 4:59pm
Last updated 4 September, 2019 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 4 September, 2019 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Female - Syrphid Fly
She is ovipositing into that mass of yummy Aphids. = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 4 September, 2019 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid fly
Wow, so will the eggs hatch, then feed on the Aphids? Thanks for the ID and info!
… Louise Woodrich, 4 September, 2019 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
You might want to look at the Unidentified pages here and here and here for more info about identifying and rearing them.
… Bob Biagi, 4 September, 2019 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Additional info
Thanks for the links. Fascinating stuff, but I don’t think we’ll go so far as rearing them. Do people do it to control their Aphid population? So now I think I might know what some little dark spots were on a pillar outside of the house. I took photos on 8-19, and will post one. Larva? The flies I saw today were flitting a couple of feet away from the possible larvae.
… Louise Woodrich, 4 September, 2019 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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