Identify Hoverflies (Syrphidae)
seen at The Netherfield Lagoons

Discover more about these species such as habitat, a detailed description, their national distribution and the best time of year to see them (or visit the lagoons to try and find them!). Each species has photographs to help you in identification.

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Gossamer Hoverfly
Baccha elongata

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Golden Long-horned Hoverfly
Callicera aurata

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Chequered Hoverfly
Melanostoma scalare

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Grey-spotted Boxer
Platycheirus albimanus

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Marsh Boxer
Platycheirus clypeatus

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Orange-legged Boxer
Platycheirus fulviventris

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Red-belted Boxer
Platycheirus granditarsus

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Dull-backed Boxer
Platycheirus manicatus

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Meadow Boxer
Platycheirus peltatus

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Twin-spot Boxer
Platycheirus rosarum

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Many-tufted Boxer
Platycheirus scutatus

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Woodland Boxer
Platycheirus tarsalis

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Common Paragus
Paragus haemorrhous

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Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Chrysotoxum bicinctum

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Hook-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Chrysotoxum festivum

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Verrall’s Wasp Hoverfly
Chrysotoxum verralli

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Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus

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Yellow-girdled Dasysyrphus
Dasysyrphus tricinctus

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Broad-barred Dasysyrphus
Dasysyrphus venustus

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Pale-sided Epistrophe
Epistrophe diaphana

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Spring Epistrophe
Epistrophe eligans

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Broad-banded Epistrophe
Epistrophe grossulariae

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Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus

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Migrant Eupeodes
Eupeodes corollae

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Meadow Eupeodes
Eupeodes latifasciatus

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Common Spotted Eupeodes
Eupeodes luniger

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Blotch-winged Hoverfly
Leucozona lucorum

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Matt-backed Melangyna
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum

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Hairy Melangyna
Melangyna lasiophthalma

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Shiny-backed Melangyna
Melangyna umbellatarum

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Spotted Meliscaeva
Meliscaeva auricollis

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Banded Meliscaeva
Meliscaeva cinctella

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White-clubbed Glasswing
Scaeva pyrastri

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Yellow-clubbed Glasswing
Scaeva selenitica

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Saltmarsh Twist-tail
Sphaerophoria loewi

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Rueppell’s Twist-tail
Sphaerophoria rueppellii

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Common Twist-tail
Sphaerophoria scripta

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Humming Syrphus
Syrphus ribesii

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Barred Ant-hill Hoverfly
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum

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Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly
Xanthogramma pedissequum

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Buttercup Cheilosia
Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi

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Ragwort Cheilosia
Cheilosia bergenstammi

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Great Spring Cheilosia
Cheilosia grossa

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Hogweed Cheilosia
Cheilosia illustrata

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Burdock Cheilosia
Cheilosia impressa

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Parsley Cheilosia
Cheilosia pagana

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Common Thistle Cheilosia
Cheilosia proxima

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Truffle Blacklet
Cheilosia soror

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Figwort Cheilosia
Cheilosia variabilis

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Common Copperback
Ferdinandea cuprea

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Common Snout-hoverfly
Rhingia campestris

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Grey-backed Snout-hoverfly
Rhingia rostrata

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Dark-winged Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster solstitialis

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Green Marsh Hoverfly
Lejogastor metallina

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Common Marsh Hoverfly
Melanogaster hirtella

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Yellow-kneed Clubtail
Neoascia meticulosa

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Smudge-veined Neoascia
Neoascia podagrica

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Bridged Clubtail
Neoascia tenur

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Hoverfly
Riponnensia splendens

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Waisted Duckfly
Anasimyia contracta

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Small Spotty-eyed Dronefly
Eristalinus sepulchralis

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Plain-faced Dronefly
Eristalis arbustorum

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Stripe-winged Dronefly
Eristalis horticola

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Furry Dronefly
Eristalis intricarius

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Stripe-faced Dronefly
Eristalis nemorum

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Tapered Dronefly
Eristalis pertinax

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Stripe-eyed Dronefly
Eristalis tenax

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Marsh Tiger Hoverfly
Helophilus hybridus

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Tiger Hoverfly
Helophilus pendulus

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Large Tiger Hoverfly
Helophilus trivittatus

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Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea

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Mini-tiger Hoverfly
Parhelophilus frutetorum/versicolor

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Lesser Bulb Fly
Eumerus funeralis/strigatus

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Narcissus Fly
Meredon equestris

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Big-thighed Pipiza
Pipiza austriaca

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Common Pipiza
Pipiza noctuluca

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Hoverfly
Pipizella viduata

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Hoverfly
Pipizella virens

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Bog Hoverfly
Sericomyia silentis

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Bumblebee Hoverfly
Volucella bombylans

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Lesser Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella inanis

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Great Pied Hoverfly
Volucella pellucens

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Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria

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Thick-legged Hoverfly
Syritta pipiens

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Tooth-thighed Hoverfly
Tropidia scita

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Orange-belted Hoverfly
Xylota segnis

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Golden-tailed Hoverfly
Xylota sylvarum

All photography taken at the Netherfield Lagoons, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire