Cheilosia grossa
A dark bodied hoverfly with red brown hairs. C. grossa is very similar to C. albipila but on close examination C. grossa will be found to have black antennae.
Areas where thistles are common, damp meadows woodland rides etc.
March to May – peaking late March and early April.
Larvae develop inside the stems of thistles.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Base of Croft Hill
16 April 2013
Graham Calow
Base of Croft Hill
16 April 2013
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
25 March 2011
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
25 March 2011
Graham Calow
Base of Croft Hill
16 April 2013
black antennae
Graham Calow
Base of Croft Hill
16 April 2013
black antennae
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Hoverflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Syrphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 25/03/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 16/04/2013 (Calow, Graham)
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