|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (De Geer 1776) | (De Geer 1776) | (De Geer 1776) |
| Two-banded Spearhorn | Two-banded Spearhorn | Marmalade Fly | Marmalade Fly | Marmalade Fly |
| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae |
| Chrysotoxum Bicinctum | Chrysotoxum Bicinctum | Episyrphus balteatus | Episyrphus balteatus | Episyrphus balteatus |
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 10mm to 13mm. Flight Period: May to September. Habitat: Found in scrubby places, woodland edges, hedgerows with flowering plants, like a lot of hoverfly species it prefers umbellifers. Comment: Fairly wide spread throughout the UK. |
|
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 9mm to 12mm. Flight Period: May to September. Habitat: Found in most places where there are a lot of flowering plants. Comment: Fairly well distributed and common in the UK. |
| (Meigen 1822) | (Meigen 1822) | (Meigen 1822) | (Fabricius 1794) | (Fabricius 1794) |
| Common-spotted Field Syrph | Common-spotted Field Syrph | Common-spotted Field Syrph | Shiny-backed Hoverfly | Shiny-backed Hoverfly |
| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae |
| Eupeodes luniger | Eupeodes luniger | Eupeodes luniger | Melanyna umbellatarum | Melanyna umbellatarum |
 |
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 6.5mm to 8.5mm. Flight Period: March to November. Habitat: Found in most places where there are a lot of flowering plants. Comment: Fairly wide spread throughout the UK, and common in the south. |
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 6.5mm to 8mm. Flight Period: April until November. Habitat: Found around umbelliferous plants, especially Hogweed. Comment: Fairly wide spread in the UK, as far north as Yorkshire. |
| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) |
| Pied Hoverfly | Pied Hoverfly | Pied Hoverfly | The Long Hoverfly | The Long Hoverfly |
| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae |
| Scaeva pyrastri | Scaeva pyrastri | Scaeva pyrastri | Sphaerophoria scripta | Sphaerophoria scripta |
|
|
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 11mm to 15mm. Flight Period: May to November. Habitat: Found in most places where there are a lot of flowering plants. Comment: Fairly widely distributed through the UK, commoner in the south, scarcer in the north. |
|
UK Status: Resident and Migrant. Wing Span: 7mm to 12m. Flight Period: April until November. Habitat: Found on open flowery grass lands, and waste ground. Comment: Fairly common in the southern UK, less common in the north |
| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | |||
| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | (Osten Sacken 1875) | (Osten Sacken 1875) | |
| Common Banded Hoverfly | Common Banded Hoverfly | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | |
| Syrphus ribesii | Syrphus ribesii | Syrphus torvus | Syrphus torvus | |
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 8mm to 11mm Flight Period: March until November. Habitat: Found in most places where there are a lot of flowering plants. Comment: Common through out the British Isles. |
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 8.5mm to 12mm. Flight Period: March until November. Habitat: Found in most places where there are a lot of flowering plants. Comment: Fairly common through out the British Isles. |
Spare Slot for Expansion |
| (Harris 1780) | (Harris 1780) | |||
| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | |||
| Cheilosia illustrata | Cheilosia illustrata | |||
 |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 8mm to 11mm. Flight Period: April to September. Habitat: Found around umbelliferous plants, especially Hogweed and Angelica. Comment: Very common through out the British Isles. |
Spare Slot for Expansion |
Spare Slot for Expansion |
Next Hoverflies Page 2 |
|
Contact Website Manager dave.hatton29@btinternet.com |
Web Designer Dave Hatton |
Dave Hatton reserves the copyright on all images. © 2022 |
||||||
