Hoverfly

Pipizella viduata

Description

Wing length 4 - 5mm. A small blackish hoverfly. Normally flies low, over the ground.

Habitat

Dry grasslands. The adults like bedstraw flowers but the larvae feed on ant attended aphids underground, on wild parsnip or willow herb.

Status and distribution

Widespread and fairly common throughout Britain. Common on the reserve.

Best time to see

May to September.

  • Hoverfly - Pipizella viduata - male - July 14th 2016

  • Hoverfly - Pipizella viduata - male - August 28th 2016

  • Hoverfly - Pipizell viduata - male - June 17th 2018

  • Hoverfly - Pipizell viduata - male - June 4th 2018

  • Hoverfly - Pipizella viduata - female - May 28th 2018

  • Hoverfly - Pipizell viduata - female - May 20th 2018

  • Hoverfly - Pipizell viduata - pair - May 19th 2019

  • Hoverfly - Pipizell viduata - pair - May 19th 2019