Hydromyza livens
Wing length 6.5mm. Elongate and dark-coloured. The thorax has a pair of brown stripes along the lines of the dorsocentral bristles. Femora and tibia are dark but have yellow tips.
The fly breeds on water lilies where the larvae produce long mines, often visible from distance.
- wing length 6.5mm
- thorax and abdomen grey
- thorax with two brown stripes with short dorsocentral bristles
- ocellar bristles absent, front orbitals very short
- frons red, face and palps yellow
- femora and tibia dark but with yellow apices
Uncommon but widespread in England up to the Midlands.
Rarely recorded.
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 August 2020
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 August 2020
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 August 2020
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 August 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true fly (Diptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Scathophagidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 10/08/2020 (Nightingale, Kate)
- Last record:
- 10/08/2020 (Nightingale, Kate)
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