Ilione albiseta

An orangey brown species with striped eyes and thorax.

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Usually found in damp habitats where snails may be present.

Summer and autumn.

These are known as snail-killing flies because their larvae parasitise snails and the like.

Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.