Amobia signata
A fly with a rather bluish grey chequered appearance.
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Around the nests of its larval food source.
Best May to August.
The flesh fly Amobia signata is what is known as a 'cleptoparasite'. It lays its eggs in the nests of solitary bees and wasps. When the larvae hatch, they eat the food provided by the adult bee or wasp for its own larvae.
Not well recorded in Britain but seems more frequent in the southern half of the country.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Abbey Park, Leicester
06 May 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Sarcophagidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 06/05/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 06/05/2011 (Nicholls, David)
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