Yellow-legged Flower Fly Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Syrphidae   >   Genus Syrphus   

Status:

Fairly common in some parts of Maryland and found in a variety of habitats. Flies late April through November.

Description:

Can be identified from photos with care. Compare other members of genus Syrphus as well as Eupeodes.

Relationships:

Larvae feed on aphids.

There are 46 records in the project database.

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A female Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). Determined by Bill Dean/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Calvert Co., Maryland (11/9/2020). Determined by Bill Dean/BugGuide. Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/9/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/30/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/27/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/19/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/24/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) kristin-marie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by kristin-marie via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/18/2020). Determined by Bill Dean and Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

A Yellow-legged Flower Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/19/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)


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