Sepedon sphegea
Length 8 to 11 mm. The body of this species is mainly brown or blackish, but the femurs are a striking orangey red and the tarsae are black. The hind femurs have a row of bristles that stand out.
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Marshes and wet meadows, pond edges etc.
April to October.
The larvae feed on molluscs.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England and Wales.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Steve Ford
Cropston
26 October 2012
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
28 February 2021
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
28 February 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Sciomyzidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 26/10/2012 (Steve Ford)
- Last record:
- 28/02/2021 (Gould, David)
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