Chrysogaster solstitialis
This species has particularly dark wings. Though the abdomen is black and unmarked, the thorax of the female has a purple sheen and the scutellum often has a blue-grey dusting.
Found on umbellifers in damp places.
From late May to October, peaking in July and August.
The larvae live in the mud beside streams and ponds.
Fairly frequent and widespread in most of Britain, though somewhat less so in the north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Charley Woods
07 June 2017
David Nicholls
Grace Dieu
06 June 2008
female
Ian Harding
Cademan Wood
03 July 2022
Male
AJ Cann
Charley Woods
07 June 2017
sue
Bagworth, Nut wood
07 June 2020
Mark Skevington
Rough Hill
02 June 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Hoverflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Syrphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 38
- First record:
- 06/06/2008 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 30/07/2023 (Pochin, Christine)
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David Nicholls
Grace Dieu
06 June 2008
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
07 July 2011
David Nicholls
Grace Dieu
06 June 2008
female
David Nicholls
Groby
22 July 2022
CAPochin
GUCanal,Kibworth Top Lock
30 May 2022
Andy's Rutland
Field headland between Love's Lane and Gunnel Lane Meadow-Empingham
09 June 2019
Andy's Rutland
Field headland between Love's Lane and Gunnel Lane Meadow-Empingham
09 June 2019
