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  • 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
  • Scaeva pyrastri_5785.jpg
  • Atlantic Puffin_1750.jpg
  • Two-barred Crossbill_0729.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_shetland_6806.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6858.jpg
  • Beautiful Silver Y_Shetland_1624.jpg
  • Dasysyrphus albostriatus_Shetland_18...jpg
  • Common Guillemot_1716.jpg
  • Morellia hortorum_Muscidae_2349.jpg
  • Merodon equestris_2547.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6805.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6899.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
  • 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
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Episyrphus grossulare_Hoverfly_7405.jpg
  • Common Guillemot_1700.jpg
  • Common Flower Bug_Anthocoris nemorum...jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lerwick_Shetland_9...jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Shetland_6964.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6781.jpg
  • Xylota segnis_Hoverfly_Shetland_7167.jpg
  • Episyrphus balteatus_Marmalade Hover...jpg
  • Common Blue_P7300539.jpg
  • Sycamore Aphid_Drepanoosiphum platan...jpg
  • Honeybee_Lerwick_9860.jpg
  • Eristalis arbustorum_Lerwick_9943.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_6785.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_6807.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6898.jpg
  • Harvestman sp_Spider_Shetland_1457.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
  • 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
  • (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
  • Syritta pipiens_P7050310.jpg
  • Scop's Owl_Fair Isle_2003_43.jpg
  • Common Snipe_DSC0903.jpg
  • Microchrysa polita_male_0452.jpg
  • Bombus muscorum agricolae_Shetland B...jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6861.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6900.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6895.jpg
  • Killer Whale_Orca_Shetland_6887.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6855.jpg
  • Scaeva pyrastri_5803.jpg
  • Diamond-backed Moth_Shetland_6126.jpg
  • Eupeodes corallae_Shetland_6079.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
  • 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
  • Empis tesselata_Shetland_7645.jpg
  • Meliscaeva auricollis_Hoverfly_Shetl...jpg
  • Beris geniculata_Long-horned Black L...jpg
  • Red-throated Diver_1712.jpg
  • Red-throated Diver_0983.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Lerwick_Shetland_0...jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6832.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6901.jpg
  • Eristalis intricaria_Shetland_0007.jpg
  • Beris chalybata_Murky-legged Black L...jpg
  • Stonefly_Nemoura cinerea_3012.jpg
  • Microchrysa polita_2689.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6859.jpg
  • Orca_Killer Whale_Shetland_6860.jpg
  • Eumerus funeralis_Shetland_6711.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
  • Common Eider_female_01000.jpg
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