Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)

Hoverflies 

1 June 2020*


1 June 2020*


 Being small, this species is easy to overlook but the strange thickened rear leg make it easy to identify at close quarters.

Gardens, rough meadows and along hedgerows (Have recorded one in the garden)

It breeds in compost, manure and other rotting organic matter. Sometimes there are notable local population explosions, possibly due to mass emergence or perhaps migration.

Common.
(Nature Spot)

19 July 2020

1 June 2020*
19 July 2020

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