Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus)
Photo#579502
Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes
Copyright © 2011 Karen Campbell

Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 18, 2011
Size: BL approx 11mm
frons, feet and tibia are visible here. Compare to Photo#339419 of Scaeva pyrastri (male)

Images of this individual: tag all
Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes Syrphid on Solidago - Scaeva? - Eupeodes
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Gary Campbell on 22 September, 2011 - 9:46am
Last updated 8 December, 2015 - 6:30pm

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 8 December, 2015 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 2 January, 2015 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

A real puzzler, Gary
I'd guess Scaeva pyrastri, only NA species, but the markings and lack of hair on the eyes have me waffling. Have you seen this:
… Ron Hemberger, 7 April, 2013 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Does not look like Scaeva, lo
Does not look like Scaeva, looks like one of the uncommon Eupeodes species.
… Martin Hauser, 7 April, 2013 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 18 December, 2011 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 18 December, 2011 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 18 December, 2011 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact