Nemorilla floralis

Description

5-8mm. Boldly patterned in greys (like a small Sarcophaga). Hairy eyes and a bare arista. The thorax has a broad, dark medial stripe - widening away from the head and four pairs of post-sutural dorsocentrals. The parafacialia are more or less bare under the frontal bristles. The dark scutellum has a pair of crossed apical bristles that are much shorter than the subapicals.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Various habitats.

When to see it

May to July.

Life History

This is a member of a group of parisitoid flies that lay their eggs on or in the larvae of other insects.

UK Status

Fairly widespread in southern Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland

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Species profile

Species group:
Flies
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tachinidae
Records on NatureSpot:
9
First record:
04/10/2009 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
05/10/2024 (Nicholls, David)

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