Palloptera ustulata agg.
Palloptera ustulata cannot be distinguished from Palloptera anderssoni without very detailed examination by an expert, and for this reason we have treated it as an aggregate. It is a small fly of about 4.5 mm. It has an orange abdomen and slight shades at the wing tips.
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Hedgerows and gardens.
Late May to end of October.
Adults have been seen nectaring on the flowers of Tansy.
Widespread and thought to be fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
01 September 2019
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
27 August 2017
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
01 September 2019
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
01 September 2019
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
01 September 2019
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 September 2012
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Pallopteridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 10/09/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 02/06/2024 (Poole, Adam)
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