Chequered Hoverfly - Melanostoma scalare
Description
The males have longer, thinner bodies than females, with lozenge-shaped yellow spots compared to the triangular spots in females. Both sexes have largely yellow antennae.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Lush herbage in well wooded areas and even gardens.
When to see it
April to November peaking at the end of May and in August.
UK Status
Common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David NichollsBardon Hill05 May 2006female
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood14 April 2012male
Kate NightingaleCropston garden14 July 2014Male Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP 4903 9371 (taken 20.4.2009),.JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote garden120 April 2009male
Kate NightingaleCharnwood Lodge13 August 2014female
David NichollsGilroes Cemetery06 May 2012
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP 4903 9371 (taken 20.4.2009),.JPG)
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David NichollsNature Alive NR, Coalville10 September 2004female
David NichollsRutland Water, Egleton NR02 September 2005female
David NichollsWatermead Country Park20 April 2007female Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 21.5.2009).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote21 May 2009female
David NichollsBardon Hill05 May 2006female
HAPeacockLeicester Garden07 April 2012
David NichollsRatby garden21 April 2012
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension24 April 2012
HAPeacockGoss Spinney24 April 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson14 May 2012
HAPeacockLeicester Garden11 May 2012
HAPeacockLeicester Garden11 May 2012
David NichollsUlverscroft18 May 2012
David NichollsRatby09 June 2012
Peter SmithCropston garden21 July 2012
David NichollsNarborough Bog02 May 2011
David NichollsUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm02 September 2011
HAPeacockLeicester Garden05 August 2011
HAPeacockLeicester Garden01 April 2012
HAPeacockLeicester Garden07 April 2012
Paul RuddochMelton Country Park27 May 2016
Paul RuddochRhubarb Island03 May 2015
Paul RuddochMelton Country Park14 May 2015
Paul RuddochMelton Country Park09 October 2015
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 21.5.2009).JPG)
