Palloptera quinquemaculata
A small orange bodied fly with distinctively patterned wings, although several members of this family are superficially quite similar.
Well vegetated areas.
Widespread and frequent in England and Wales, more coastal in Scotland.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
25 May 2015
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
16 May 2012
David Nicholls
Croft Pasture
09 May 2014
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
25 May 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Pallopteridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 18
- First record:
- 16/05/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 17/05/2024 (Gray, Stephen)
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Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
25 May 2015
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
18 May 2017
AJ Cann
Washbrook Nature Reserve
26 June 2016
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
11 May 2019
Mike Higgott
County Hall
06 June 2016
AJ Cann
Spearwort Fields
04 June 2016
