Common emerald hover fly
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Common emerald hover fly ( Chrysogaster solstitialis ) |
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The common emerald hover fly ( Chrysogaster solstitialis ) is a fly from the family of hover flies (Syrphidae). It is the most common species of its genus in Central Europe.
features
The flies reach a body length of 6.0 to 8.5 millimeters. Her slender body is colored velvet black, only the hairless compound eyes are red. In females, the thorax is a bit shiny copper-colored. The sides of the thorax and the scutellum are structured with dots. The forehead, which has a longitudinal groove, and the face are shiny black in the male, in the female one can also see seven to nine transverse furrows on both sides of the middle. The males wear a gray band on their face below the antennae . The antennae are brownish-red, the third link is slightly lighter in color underneath at the base. The antenna bristle is significantly longer than the antennae. The dark legs are partly light, partly black haired. The wings are darkened brownish to blackish, the wing roots are not yellow. The longitudinal veins are basal brown.
Occurrence
The animals occur in North Africa and Europe up to the Caucasus , especially in moist, less often in dry areas. They can be found from May to September near bodies of water, in forests, on meadows and along roadsides. They fly from May to September, with the peak of occurrence being between July and August. You can almost always find them sitting on umbellifers . The larvae live in nutrient-rich mud on the edge of plant-rich waters, but also in moist soil. You breathe through an extended breathing tube at the end of the abdomen.
swell
- Gerald Bothe: Hoverflies. German Youth Association for Nature Observation, Hamburg 1996.
- Joachim & Hiroko Haupt: Flies and mosquitoes: observation, way of life. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 .
