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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » americanus/pomus group (Eupeodes americanus/pomus group)
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Aphid eater on milkweed. Puparium - Eupeodes
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

Aphid eater on milkweed. Puparium - Eupeodes
Schuylkill Nature Center, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 18, 2009
Size: 8 mm
It pupated yesterday. From now on I am keeping it indoors because I want to see the adult for ID purposes. I don't know if syrphids overwinter as larvae or puparia and don't want to take that chance.
Update: apparently many syrphids overwinter as larvae. However it is possible to find adults in February (in the Washington DC area).

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 18 November, 2009 - 5:30pm
Last updated 23 October, 2019 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from American Hover Fly.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 October, 2019 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Lovely puparium
and nice job with the close-ups of the larval cuticles. Thanks for sharing.
… John van der Linden, 11 April, 2018 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Pupae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 November, 2009 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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