The  Insects of the British Isles

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PICTURE: Seen in my garden in Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, August 2011.

DISTRIBUTION: These hoverflies are resident, and quite common in Britain, numbers are re-enforced some years by mass migrations from the continent.

WING SPAN: 19mm to 25mm.                                             STATUS: Resident.         

FLIGHT PERIOD: Adults of this species are on the wing from about mid spring, throughout the summer and into autumn. The adult hoverflies feed on pollen and nectar.

LARVAL PERIOD: The larvae of this species consume many aphids, some times more than five hundred.

HABITAT: They inhabit parks, gardens, wood land, hedgerows and other places where the food plants grow.

FOOD PLANT/S: The adult hoverflies feed on pollen and nectar, and the larvae of this species consume many aphids.

SIMILAR SPECIES: This hoverfly is fairly easy to identify, being fairly different from related species. different

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