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Myathropa florea

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Syrphidae

Scientific name
  
Myathropa florea

Phylum
  
Order
  
Diptera

Genus
  
Myathropa

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Myathropa, Eristalis arbustorum, Helophilus trivittatus, Helophilus pendulus, Helophilus

Myathropa florea


Myathropa florea is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. It is of similar size as the drone fly, but living Myathropa are generally more yellow, with two light bands to the thorax, interrupted with a black central smudge. In museum specimens, any yellow colour soon fades to brown after death. Like most Eristalini, Myathropa are rather variable in size, shape and colour.

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Myathropa florea hoverfly ovipositing


Description

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External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7-12 mm Thorax dorsum with a characteristic "skull" black pattern. Abdomen black with yellow patterning.Legs pale and black.Larva described and figured by Rotheray (1994). .See references for determination.

Distribution

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Palearctic from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.From Ireland eastwards across Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast.

Biology

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Deciduous forest; also in fen carr, farmland with trees, parks and gardens.Flowers visited include white umbellifers Castanea, Convolvulus, Crataegus, Chaerophyllum, Euonymus, Filipendula, Hedera, Rhododendron, Rubus, Sambucus, Solidago, Sorbus, Viburnum opulus. The flight period is May to October. Larvae feed on bacteria in organic waterlogged detritus, often in the shallow rot holes of tree stumps.

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References

Myathropa florea Wikipedia


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