Hook-banded Wasp Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum festivum
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Species Description
Widespread and frequent in the Southern half of the UK. Habitat includes: grassland, scrub, wasteland, road side verges, gardens, allotments, parks, cemeteries etc. Flight period: May to September. larvae feed on Ant-attended (recorded on Lasius niger) Root Aphids.
Chrysotoxum arcuatum *
Chrysotoxum bicinctum x
Chrysotoxum cautum *
Chrysotoxum elegans /
Chrysotoxum festivum /
Chrysotoxum lineare
Chrysotoxum octomaculatum - *
Chrysotoxum vernale -
Chrysotoxum verralli *