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Hoverflies - Syrphidae

Group Description

SubGroups

name latinname species sightings media image
Banded Meliscaeva Meliscaeva cinctella 1 2 12 image for Banded Meliscaeva
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea 1 13 43 image for Batman Hoverfly
Bridged Clubtail Neoascia tenur 1 1 1 image for Bridged Clubtail
Broad-banded Epistrophe Epistrophe grossulariae 1 1 8 image for Broad-banded Epistrophe
Bumblebee Blacklet Cheilosia illustrata 1 2 6 image for Bumblebee Blacklet
Buttercup Blacklet Cheilosia albitarsis 1 3 10 image for Buttercup Blacklet
Chequered Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare 1 11 44 image for Chequered Hoverfly
Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax 1 8 52 image for Common Drone Fly
Common Marsh Hoverfly Melanogaster hirtella 1 1 2 image for Common Marsh Hoverfly
Common Paragus Paragus haemorrhous 1 1 3 image for Common Paragus
Common Pipiza Pipiza noctiluca 1 2 15 image for Common Pipiza
Common Snout Rhingia campestris 1 3 8 image for Common Snout
Common Spotted Field Syrph Eupeodes luniger 1 12 37 image for Common Spotted Field Syrph
Dark-winged Chrysogaster Chrysogaster solstitialis 1 1 2 image for Dark-winged Chrysogaster
Early Epistrophe Epistrophe eligans 1 7 18 image for Early Epistrophe
Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe nitidicollis 1 1 1 image for Epistrophe nitidicollis
Glass-winged Syrphus Syrphus vitripennis 1 3 19 image for Glass-winged Syrphus
Golden-tailed Leaf Licker Xylota sylvarum 1 2 3 image for Golden-tailed Leaf Licker
Gossamer Hoverfly Baccha elongata 1 3 14 image for Gossamer Hoverfly
Grey-backed Snout Hoverfly Rhingia rostrata 1 2 3 image for Grey-backed Snout Hoverfly
Grey-sided Chrysogaster Chrysogaster cemiteriorum 1 3 16 image for Grey-sided Chrysogaster
Hook-banded Wasp Hoverfly Chrysotoxum festivum 1 4 21 image for Hook-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria 1 6 9 image for Hornet Hoverfly
Houseleek Blacklet Cheilosia caerulescens 1 2 39 image for Houseleek Blacklet
Humming Syrphus Syrphus ribesii 1 6 23 image for Humming Syrphus
Large Spearhorn Chrysotoxum cautum 1 1 1 image for Large Spearhorn
Large Spring Cheilosia Cheilosia grossa 1 2 7 image for Large Spring Cheilosia
Large Tiger Hoverfly Helophilus trivittatus 1 1 3 image for Large Tiger Hoverfly
Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta 1 31 113 image for Long Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 1 19 59 image for Marmalade Hoverfly
Meadow Field Syrph Eupeodes latifasciatus 1 5 12 image for Meadow Field Syrph
Migrant Hoverfly Eupeodes corollae 1 7 16 image for Migrant Hoverfly
Narcissus Bulb Fly Merodon equestris 1 13 38 image for Narcissus Bulb Fly
Orange-belted Leafwalker Xylota segnis 1 4 14 image for Orange-belted Leafwalker
Parhelophilus frutetorum Parhelophilus frutetorum 1 1 5 image for Parhelophilus frutetorum
Pellucid Fly Volucella pellucens 1 4 19 image for Pellucid Fly
Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri 1 4 10 image for Pied Hoverfly
Pipizella viduata Pipizella viduata 1 1 3 image for Pipizella viduata
Plain-faced Dronefly Eristalis arbustorum 1 3 8 image for Plain-faced Dronefly
Rural Lesser Bulb-fly Eumerus strigatus 1 3 15 image for Rural Lesser Bulb-fly
Spotted Meliscaeva Meliscaeva auricollis 1 5 33 image for Spotted Meliscaeva
Stripe-faced Dronefly Eristalis nemorum 1 2 3 image for Stripe-faced Dronefly
Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum 1 9 36 image for Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly
Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax 1 8 25 image for Tapered Dronefly
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus 1 11 35 image for The Footballer
Thick-legged Hoverfly Syritta pipiens 1 14 51 image for Thick-legged Hoverfly
Two-banded Spearhorn Chrysotoxum bicinctum 1 2 12 image for Two-banded Spearhorn
Wasp Plumehorn Volucella inanis 1 2 11 image for Wasp Plumehorn
White-footed Hoverfly Platycheirus albimanus 1 7 26 image for White-footed Hoverfly
Yellow-barred Peat Hoverfly Sericomyia silentis 1 1 4 image for Yellow-barred Peat Hoverfly
Yellow-girdled Fleckwing Dasysyrphus tricinctus 1 1 3 image for Yellow-girdled Fleckwing