Sphaerophoria contigua (predator)

Sphaerophoria • Syrphidae (predators) • Diptera (predators) • predatory insects • beneficials/natural enemies

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Author(s): Beatriz Moisset
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Sphaerophoria contigua (predator) Macquart, 1847

This hoverfly is widely distributed in North America. The larvae have been reported to feed on different type of aphids, including the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Kaiser et al., 2007).