Uncommon. In Maryland it flies mostly June through September.
Identifiable from photos with care. Note pale abdominal base in contrast to the dark base of the similar C. barei. Superficially similar to some non-Syrphidae, such as greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp.), but when at rest wings are stacked rather than separated at an angle, among many other distinctions.
This is a large but mostly neotropical genus. Larvae of most species live in bromeliads, as the common name suggests (Skevington, 2019), but they can develop in various kinds of decaying vegetable matter (BugGuide). Adults visit a variety of flowers.
There are 22 records in the project database.
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