Dolichopus ungulatus
A typical and very common Dolichopid with a metallic green abdomen. See the ID checklist below for the key characteristics.
- 5.5-7mm
- Lower post-ocular bristles black
- Legs mostly yellow with darker tarsi
- Tips of hind tibia dark
- Row of 2-5 anterior bristles on the mid and hind femora
- Middle metatarsus with single dorsal bristle
Damp habitats, wet grassland, woodland edge, scrub and hedgerows.
May to July.
Widespread in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Loughborough Big Meadow NR
29 June 2024
David Nicholls
North Kilworth, Millennium Green
17 June 2023
David Nicholls
North Kilworth, Millennium Green
17 June 2023
David Nicholls
North Kilworth, Millennium Green
17 June 2023
female
David Nicholls
North Kilworth, Millennium Green
17 June 2023
male
David Nicholls
Grace Dieu
07 June 2024
2-5 ventral setae on hind femora
David Nicholls
Groby, Ratby Road verge
21 May 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Dolichopodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 21/05/2022 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 29/06/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Groby, Ratby Road verge
21 May 2022
David Nicholls
Braunstone Park, Leicester
24 May 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby Change
17 June 2024
David Nicholls
Grace Dieu
07 June 2024
