Seioptera vibrans
Length 5 to 6 mm. This is a picture winged fly with a shiny bulbous body and two strong dark 'shades' on each wing with one at the wing tip the other on the top edge.
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Hedgerows and well wooded places.
May to August/September.
Feed on pollen from plants such as Hogweed and on small insects.
Fairly frequent and widespread in England and Wales.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland
 Copse at end of Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4853 9287 (taken 14.6.2009).JPG)
Graham Calow
Donkey Lane Copse, Sapcote
14 June 2009
egaten
Thurlaston garden
19 July 2017
 Copse at end of Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4853 9287 (taken 14.6.2009).JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Ulidiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 14/06/2009 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 19/07/2017 (Gaten, Ted)
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egaten
Thurlaston garden
19 July 2017
