Yellow-spotted Sapeater Brachyopa vacua Osten Sacken, 1875    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Syrphidae   >   Genus Brachyopa   

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According to the Flower Flies of Minnesota, adults are most often found at sap wells on elms. Adults oviposit in the sap wells. Larvae develop in the wells and feed on sap.

There are 7 records in the project database.

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Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/14/2024). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Baltimore City, Maryland (4/2/2012). Verified by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/14/2024). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/4/2007). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Yellow-spotted Sapeater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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