Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875
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Identification
Yellow face with bare eyes, yellow bands of 3rd and 4th targa reaching margins over more of their length,
and hind femur black on about basal two-thirds in male and yellow in females.
Syrphus rectus
can be confused with male
S. vitripennis
(Vockeroth, J.R. 1992).
Length: 7.2-10.3 mm (Vockeroth 1992)
Biology
Larvae of Syrphus rectus feed on several species of aphids (Heiss, 1938)
Distribution