Phaonia angelicae
Length 7.5 to 10 mm. The male fly is beige-brown in thorax and abdomen, the female's abdomen is somewhat darker than the male's.
Meadows, gardens etc where they visit various flowers for nectar.
May/June to September/October.
The larvae are found in decaying leaf litter.
Fairly frequent and widespread in England and Wales.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 8.6.2009).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
08 June 2009
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood, Ratby
08 August 2022
David Nicholls
Ratby village pond and meadow
09 May 2023
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
20 August 2021
David Nicholls
Stanton, Cliffe Hill
19 August 2021
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
18 August 2022
David Nicholls
Ratby, Burroughs Road
01 September 2020
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4858 9298 (taken 8.6.2009).JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Muscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 08/06/2009 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 10/08/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Ratby
09 September 2021
David Nicholls
Ratby village pond and meadow
09 May 2023
David Nicholls
Ratby village pond and meadow
09 May 2023
