Euthycera fumigata
Body length 7 to 9 mm. A brown bodied species with a dense pattern of white spots on a brown wing membrane and entirely brown legs.
Records must be supported by a photograph.
It is typically encountered in fairly tall grassland and well vegetated places.
Adults have been recorded from May until September.
The biology is unknown but larvae are thought to feed on terrestrial snails or slugs.
Widespread in Britain, but possibly declining and now rather infrequent.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Paul Ruddoch
Rutland Water
09 September 2014
Paul Ruddoch
Rutland Water
09 September 2014
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley B581 Broughton Way
03 September 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Sciomyzidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 09/09/2014 (Ruddoch, Paul)
- Last record:
- 03/09/2021 (Calow, Graham)
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