Pyrophaena granditarsus
Wing length 5 to 8.5mm. There are large orange-red markings on the abdomen and the male has modified tarsi on the front and middle legs.
Xylota segnis, but this is usually a larger and more robust species.
Wet meadows and the margins of ponds and ditches.
June to August are the peak months.
Widespread and often abundant
Believed to be common.
HAPeacock
River Soar - St Mary's Mills
12 June 2014
Male
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
16 July 2017
male
HAPeacock
River Soar - St Mary's Mills
12 June 2014
Male
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
26 August 2013
male tarsal modifications
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
26 August 2013
male
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Hoverflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Syrphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 26/08/2013 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 11/08/2018 (Gould, David)
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