Bug FAQUndivided Lucent
Didea fuscipes · Order: Diptera · Family: Syrphidae
All available sources describe it only as a syrphid fly, without mentioning any harm or benefit.
Source: Wikipedia
Is it a pest in the house?
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Can it bite, sting or make you sick?
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
How to get rid of it
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Life cycle
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is a syrphid fly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 41 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Ohio, Georgia, Maine.
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
More photos
Same family (Syrphidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didea_fuscipes
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.