Eupeodes perplexus, the bare-winged aphideater, is a species of hoverfly native to North America. Adults feed on nectar; larvae feed on aphids and scale insects.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bare-winged Aphideater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Austroscaeva melanostoma
- Eupeodes lundbecki
- Lapposyrphus lapponicus
- Austroscaeva occidentalis
- Scaeva selenitica
- Scaeva affinis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Eupeodes
- Species
- Eupeodes perplexus
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