Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Order Diptera Subfamily Syrphinae | |
Similar Chrysotoxum arcuatum, Chrysotoxum elegans, Chrysotoxum bicinctum, Chalcosyrphus nemorum, Platycheirus rosarum | ||
Identification
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Wing length 8-10ยท25 mm. Orange stigma.No dark wing spot.Apical antennomere longer than antennomeres 1 and 2 together.Abdomen arched, shortly ovate and thick in side view.Scutellum yellow with a darker centre.
Keys and accounts
Distribution
Ireland through Europe then East across the Palearctic to Siberia, Kamchatka and Japan. Nearctic Manitoba westwards
Biology
Habitat is wetlands and deciduous and conifer woodlands including fen carr, raised bogs, along stream edges. Also found in unimproved grassland and heath and Betula and Salix scrub. Flowers visited include yellow composites, white umbellifers, Calluna, Frangula alnus, Hypochoeris, Leontodon, Leucojum aestivum, Ligustrum,Luzula sylvatica, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix repens, Sorbus aucuparia. The flight period is May to September, with peaks in June and August.