Parydra coarctata
3-3.5mm. Flies in the family Ephydridae has a characteristic snouted face. P. coarctata is the commonest fly in the genus and typically found around wetlands. It has a dark green-grey body covered in a short pubescence of yellow hairs. The tip of the scutellum has a prominent tubercle. See ID guidance for more characters.
- c3-4mm
- Body covered in a short, yellow pubescence
- Head bristles more than half the length of the arista
- No large bristle on the outer face of the mid coxa
- Scutellum with an apical tubercle
Wetland
Adults are on the wing from February.
Common and widespread.
Reasonably common in wetland habitats.
David Nicholls
Ratby, field nr Wirlybones
03 March 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby, field nr Wirlybones
03 March 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby, field nr Wirlybones
03 March 2025
Apical tubercle on scutellum
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- 03/03/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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