Hoverfly photos

Llynfi Valley

Anasymia contracta




Arctophila superbiens



Baccha elongata


Brachyopa scutellaris



Chalcosyrphus nemorum


Cheilosia albitarsis



Cheilosia albipila


Cheilosia bergenstammi 


Cheilosia chrysocoma



Cheilosia fraterna


Cheilosia illustrata 


Cheilosia impressa 


Cheilosia pagana 


Cheilosia Proxima - [Identified later by specimen]


Cheilosia scutellata 


Cheilosia variabilis 


Chrysogaster solstitialis - male

 female

Chrysogaster virescens


Chrysotoxum arcuatum 



Chrysotoxum bicinctum 


Chrysotoxum cautum 

 female side on
 female
male with large genital capsule typical of this species.

Chrysotoxum festivum 


Criorhina asilica



Criorhina berberina - typical form

  "oxyacanthae" form

Criorhina floccosa 


Criorhina ranunculi 


Dasysyrphus albostriatus 


Dasysyrphus pinastri 


Dasysyrphus tricinctus 
 

Dasysyrphus venustus - 

male face shot

Didea fasciata 

(pale halteres)

Epistrophe eligans 


Epistrophe grossulariae 


Episyrphus balteatus 


Eriozona syrphoides 


Eristalis abusiva

Eristalis arbustorum 

face shot


Eristalis horticola 
 face shot

Eristalis intricarius - male

female

Eristalis nemorum 


Eristalis pertinax 

 face shot

Eristalis rupium 


Eristalis similis 



Eristalis tenax 

 face shot

Eumerus funeralis - specimen needed to identify


Eupeodes corollae 


Eupeodes lapponicus 


Eupeodes latifasciatus 


Eupeodes luniger  


Ferdinandea cuprea


Helophilus hybridus - male

 female

Helophilus pendulus

 face shot

Helophilus trivittatus

 face shot

Lejogaster metallina


Leucozona glaucia


Leucozona laternaria


Leucozona lucorum


Megasyrphus erratica


 Melangyna arctica - specimen needed for certain identity.



Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum aggregate - can only separated by specimen


Melangyna lasiophthalma


Melangyna umbellatarum


Melanogaster hirtella/aerosa - can only separated by specimen


Melanostoma mellinum - female (specimen)


Melanostoma scalare - female


Meliscaeva auricollis 


Meliscaeva cinctella


Merodon equestris



Microdon Myrmicae/mutablis aggregate - can only separated at larval stage


Myathropa florea


Neoascia meticulosa/tenur aggregate - only safely identified by specimen


Neoascia podagrica/obliqua aggregate - can only be identified by specimen


Orthonevra nobilis


Paragus aggregate - can only be identified by specimen


Parasyrphus lineola 



Parasyrphus malinellus






Parasyrphus punctulatus






Parhelophilus aggregate - can only be identified from specimen





Pipiza aggregate - can only be identified from specimen


Pipizella aggregate - can only be identified from specimen


Platycheirus albimanus


Platycheirus angustatus



Platycheirus clypeatus aggregate - specimen required for definitive species within family group (5) 


Platycheirus granditarsus


Platycheirus peltatus aggregate - specimen required for definitive species within family group (3) 


Platycheirus rosarum


Platycheirus scutatus aggregate - specimen required for definitive species within family group (3) 



Platycheirus tarsalis


Rhingia campestris


Rhingia rostrata


Riponnensia splendens


Scaeva pyrastri


Scaeva selenitica


Sericomyia lappona
 

Sericomyia silentis


Sphaerophoria scripta


Sphegina clunipes/elegans aggregate - can only be identified by specimen


Sphegina sibirica


Syritta pipiens


Syrphus ribesii - female, males need to be identified by specimen


Syrphus torvus 


Syrphus vitripennis - can only be identified by specimen (as this one was)


Volucella bombylans - typical form

 "plumata" form

Volucella pellucens


Volucella zonaria


Xanthandrus comtus


Xanthogramma citrofasciatum


Xanthogramma pedissequum


Xanthogramma stackelbergi


Xylota jakutorum


Xylota segnis


Xylota sylvarum


Xylota xanthocnema


Other UK species

Anasymia lineata - Somerset


Chrysogaster cemiteriorum - Glamorgan



Tropida scita - Somerset




World hoverflies

Eupeodes rufipunctatus - Iceland


Platycheirus manicatus - Iceland


Phytomia incisa (female) - Ethiopia

 (male)

Sphiximorpha subessilis - Georgia


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