Empis stercorea
This species is easily recognised by its pale brown body colour and the black stripe running along the length of its back. The black stripe continues into the orange head and thorax.
Empis aemula is rarer but very similar. In this species the fore tibiae are somewhat darkened.
Lush grassy places.
April to June.
Fairly common and widespread in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
11 June 2010
David Nicholls
Ratby
24 May 2014
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
18 May 2012
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
14 May 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Empididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 11/06/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 14/05/2022 (Harding, Ian)
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