Maryland Biodiversity Project - Short-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes pomus)

Short-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes pomus (Curran, 1921)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Syrphidae > Genus Eupeodes Short-tailed Aphideater - Eupeodes pomus - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/9856

Status:

E. americanus adult males are distinguishable from E. pomus adult males only by close examination of genitalia; adult females are indistinguishable (Skevington, 2019). Many individuals should be placed at Eupeodes americanus/pomus.

Records:

There are 19 records in the project database.

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A Short-tailed Aphideater larva preying on aphids in Howard Co., Maryland (9/20/2015). Determined by Even Dankowicz/BugGuide. (Photo ID: 506749 - Psn: 100)

A Short-tailed Aphideater larva preying on aphids in Howard Co., Maryland (9/20/2015). Determined by Even Dankowicz/BugGuide. Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater larva in Harford Co., Maryland (9/26/2021). (Photo ID: 462917 - Psn: 112)

A Short-tailed Aphideater larva in Harford Co., Maryland (9/26/2021). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/16/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 661074 - Psn: 112)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/16/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 672753 - Psn: 124)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2022). (c) maragay, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 628487 - Psn: 125)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2022). (c) maragay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by maragay via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) jorobertson1, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 496967 - Psn: 135)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) jorobertson1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jorobertson1 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/21/2023). (c) Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 838552 - Psn: 135)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/21/2023). (c) Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jeremy Liberman via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Short-tailed Aphideaters in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/12/2023). (c) amysawyer, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 869235 - Psn: 138)

Short-tailed Aphideaters in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/12/2023). (c) amysawyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by amysawyer via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/22/2023). (c) Bernadette Roche, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 807532 - Psn: 145)

A Short-tailed Aphideater in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/22/2023). (c) Bernadette Roche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by ecodoc via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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