Scaeva pyrastri

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Identification

Robust body with densely haired eyes and strongly swollen bright to pale yellow face. Also, oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow abdominal spots on 2- 5 abdominal tergites (Vockeroth 1992).

Length: 11.1-15.7 mm (Vockeroth 1992)

Biology

They are multivoltine (Vockeroth 1992). Larvae of Scaeva pyrastri feed on aphids (Family: Aphididae) (Vockeroth 1992).

Distribution

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Locality of Museum Specimens

Alaska, Canada, South to Arizona, Arkansas, Europe, Asia, North Africa (Vockeroth 1992).

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom Animalia
    Phylum Arthropoda
       Subphylum Hexapoda
          Class Insecta
             Subclass Pterygota
                Infraclass Neoptera
                   Order Diptera
                      Suborder Brachycera
                         Infraorder Muscomorpha                             Family Syrphidae
                               Subfamily Syrphinae
                                  Tribe Syrphini
                                     Genus Scaeva                                      Species
                           Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonym(s)

Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva affinis Say, 1823
Scaeva unicolor Curtis, 1834

Common name(s)

Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Identification

Robust body with densely haired eyes and strongly swollen bright to pale yellow face. Also, oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow abdominal spots on 2- 5 abdominal tergites (Vockeroth 1992).

Length: 11.1-15.7 mm (Vockeroth 1992)

Biology

They are multivoltine (Vockeroth 1992). Larvae of Scaeva pyrastri feed on aphids (Family: Aphididae) (Vockeroth 1992).

Distribution

Alaska, Canada, South to Arizona, Arkansas, Europe, Asia, North Africa (Vockeroth 1992).

Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva affinis Say, 1823
Scaeva unicolor Curtis, 1834

No common name

Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Identification

Robust body with densely haired eyes and strongly swollen bright to pale yellow face. Also, oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow abdominal spots on 2- 5 abdominal tergites (Vockeroth 1992). Length: 11.1-15.7 mm (Vockeroth 1992)

Biology

They are multivoltine (Vockeroth 1992). Larvae of Scaeva pyrastri feed on aphids (Family: Aphididae) (Vockeroth 1992).

Distribution

Alaska, Canada, South to Arizona, Arkansas, Europe, Asia, North Africa (Vockeroth 1992).

Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758 Scaeva affinis Say, 1823 Scaeva unicolor Curtis, 1834

No common name

Robust body with densely haired eyes and strongly swollen bright to pale yellow face. Also, oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow abdominal spots on 2- 5 abdominal tergites (Vockeroth 1992).

Length: 11.1-15.7 mm (Vockeroth 1992)

Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva affinis Say, 1823
Scaeva unicolor Curtis, 1834