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  • (S.Falks quote): One of our three Microchrysa species - small, metallic soldierflies lacking spines on the scutellum. This species is readily distinguished by the all-black antennae and black front femorae.<br />
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M. polita is a widespread and locally common species usually found in the vicinity of shrubs and trees. Habitats used include woodland, gardens, hedgerows and scrubby brownfield sites.<br />
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The larvae develop in various decomposing substances including compost, grass cuttings and dung. The can be identified using Stubbs & Drake (2001). Adults fly from March until October, which is probably the longest flight period for a British soldierfly. Both sexes to rest on shrub or tree foliage and females sometimes congregate around compost heaps and compost heaps.
    Microchrysa polita_Black-horned Gem_...jpg
  • (S.Falks quote) The 'Lesser Bulb-fly', a common pest of bulbs (especially daffodils) in many gardens and suburban areas, but relatively scarce in the wider countryside compared with the very similiar E. strigatus.<br />
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Males of E. funeralis are readily separable from those of strigatus by checking the underside of the hind femorae, which have the basal ventral section free of hairs and shining (entirely covered in short hairs in strigatus) and bearing a slight tubercle. Funeralis also averages a little smaller and there are differences in the genitalia (see Stubbs & Falk, 2002).<br />
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Female funeralis is best separated from strigatus by the less heavily dusted frons which has much narrower dusted strips alongside the eye margins. The 3rd antennal segment tends to be rounder and less rhomboid.<br />
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Like Merodon equestris, this species appears to have been introduced to Britain with imported bulbs from the Continentin recent times and was rare in the early 20th century.
    Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_6754.jpg
  • (S.Falks quote) The 'Lesser Bulb-fly', a common pest of bulbs (especially daffodils) in many gardens and suburban areas, but relatively scarce in the wider countryside compared with the very similiar E. strigatus.<br />
<br />
Males of E. funeralis are readily separable from those of strigatus by checking the underside of the hind femorae, which have the basal ventral section free of hairs and shining (entirely covered in short hairs in strigatus) and bearing a slight tubercle. Funeralis also averages a little smaller and there are differences in the genitalia (see Stubbs & Falk, 2002).<br />
<br />
Female funeralis is best separated from strigatus by the less heavily dusted frons which has much narrower dusted strips alongside the eye margins. The 3rd antennal segment tends to be rounder and less rhomboid.<br />
<br />
Like Merodon equestris, this species appears to have been introduced to Britain with imported bulbs from the Continentin recent times and was rare in the early 20th century.
    Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_5636.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lesser Bulb Fly_1s...jpg
  • Dilophus femoratus_Bibonid Fly_Geose...jpg
  • Scathophaga stercoraria_Yellow Dung ...jpg
  • Scathophaga stercoraria_Yellow Dung ...jpg
  • Yellow Dung Fly_Scathophaga stercora...jpg
  • 1st record for Shetland - Lerwick 14 Law Lane - 12th July 2016
    Poecilobothrus nobilitatus_Glitterin...jpg
  • 1st record for Shetland - Lerwick 14 Law Lane - 12th July 2016
    Poecilobothrus nobilitatus_Glitterin...jpg
  • Coremacera marginata_A Marsh Fly_726...jpg
  • Merodon equestris_Shetland_7852.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_6711.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_Lerwick_Shetland_7...jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8057.jpg
  • Steven Flaks: "A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_0977.jpg
  • Xylota segnis_Hoverfly_Shetland_7148.jpg
  • Volucella zonaria_Hoverfly1491.jpg
  • Eristalis pertinax_Shetland_4087.jpg
  • Eristalis pertinax_Hoverfly_Lerwick_...jpg
  • Eupeodes latifasciatus_Lerwick_9440.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Shetland_0486.jpg
  • Empis trigramma_Shetland_7214.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Shetland_6964.jpg
  • Volucella zonaria_Hoverfly_1483.jpg
  • Myathropa florea_Hoverfly_1563.jpg
  • Xylota segnis_Hoverfly_Shetland_7167.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8083.jpg
  • Syrphus ribesii_Shetland_4371.jpg
  • Syrphus torvus or vitripennis_Shetla...jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1073.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_0958.jpg
  • Eristals intricaria_Shetland_6199.jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Shetland_5034.jpg
  • Sericomyia silentis_Hoverfly_Shetlan...jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Hoverfly_Shetand_7...jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_9559.jpg
  • Eristalis Pertinax_Shetland_1946.jpg
  • Eristalis intricaria_Shetland_0007.jpg
  • Sericomyia lappona_Shetland_0325.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Steven Falk: “A brightly banded hoverfly that can be conspicuous on the flowers of umbellifers (especially Angelica) and thistles in woodlands and wetlands in late summer. It often hovers immediately beside such flowers, and may even feed whilst hovering, which is unusual behaviour for syrphids. The robust build and particularly straight and broad yellow bands (which extend fully to the side margins of the abdomen), combined with a rather dull thorax, create a distinctive jizz in the field. The larvae are aphidophagous and have been found on Sycamore foliage in Britain, also on Winter Wheat abroad.”
    Epistrophe grossulare_Shetland_3447.jpg
  • Steven Flaks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1010.jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Shetland_7420.jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Hoverfly_Shetland_57...jpg
  • Syritta pipiens_Shetland_7772.jpg
  • Volucella pellucens_Hoverfly_1527.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_Lerwick_Shetland_J...jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Shetland_8515.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_7950.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1108.jpg
  • 2nd Shetland record 20.06.2016, Law Lane, Lerwick, RN.<br />
1st Shetland record Roger Thomason, 30.04.2012, Mossbank, expert ID on Diptera Forum.
    Phaonia subventa_Shetland_2nd Shetla...jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Shetland_2587.jpg
  • Northern Fulmar_5290.jpg
  • Black-legged Kittiwake_3041.jpg
  • Black-crowned Night Heron_Shetland_D...jpg
  • Epistrophe grossulare_7677.jpg
  • Kittiwake_4006.jpg
  • Dasysyrphus albostriatus_Shetland_18...jpg
  • Eristais pertinax_4046.jpg
  • Beris geniculata_male_2734.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_2547.jpg
  • Empis tessellata_0215.jpg
  • According to Stephen Falks "A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs."
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_9793.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Dasysyrphus albostriatus_Hoverfly_76...jpg
  • Platycheirus podagratus_1st Shetland...jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_7156.jpg
  • Morellia hortorum_Muscidae_2349.jpg
  • Xanthogramma pedissequum_6696.jpg
  • Xanthogramma pedissequum_7167.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lerwick_Shetland_9...jpg
  • Dolichopodidae sp_6649.jpg
  • Dryomyza anilis_Shetland_3470.jpg
  • Steven Falks: “A large, long-winged relative of Melanostoma, with very distinctive abdominal markings in both sexes (which are patterned rather differently to one-another as in Melanostoma). This is a strongly migratory species that may be starting to overwinter in Britain judging by some recent spring records, but with the British population clearly reinforced by immigration. The adults are most typically encountered at woodland edge and in scrubby habitats. The larvae are predators of semi-gregarious micro-moths on shrubs and certain herbs.”
    Xanthandrus comtus_Shetland_1115.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Shetland_8512.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_6614.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_7817.jpg
  • Sphaerophoria scripta_Long Hoverfly_...jpg
  • Episyrphus grossulare_Hoverfly_7405.jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Hoverfly_Mating_Le...jpg
  • Platycheirus manicatus_Hoverfly_Lerw...jpg
  • Platycheirus manicatus_Hoverfly_Lerw...jpg
  • Eristalis pertinax_0023.jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Shetland_8986.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_2566.jpg
  • Beris geniculata_male_Long-horned Bl...jpg
  • Psila fimeteria_0118.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Lerwick_9809.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Lerwick_9943.jpg
  • Eupeodes latifasciatus_Lerwick_9437.jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Lerwick_Shetland_9...jpg
  • Episyrphus balteatus_Marmalade Hover...jpg
  • Sericomyia silentis_Shetland_9274.jpg
  • Beris geniculata_Long-horned Black L...jpg
  • Volucella pellucens_Hoverfly_1522.jpg
  • Helophilus pendulus_Hoverfly_0655.jpg
  • Dasysyrphus albostriatus_Shetland_46...jpg
  • Garden Spider and Figwort Sawfly_121...jpg
  • Rhingia campestris_Hoverfly_Geosette...jpg
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