Bug FAQSepedon armipes
Sepedon armipes · Order: Diptera · Family: Sciomyzidae
Sepedon armipes is a marsh fly that belongs to the family Sciomyzidae. It lives in marsh habitats.
Source: Wikipedia
Is it a pest in the house?
It is considered a marsh fly, not specifically noted as a household pest.
Source: Wikipedia
How to get rid of it
Control methods are those used for marsh flies.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in marshes.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Its diet is typical of marsh flies.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Sepedon armipes occurs where marsh flies are native.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
It may be confused with other marsh flies.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 12 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Alabama, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Virginia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Questions people ask
Same family (Sciomyzidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepedon_armipes
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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.