Nemotelus uliginosus

Nemotelus uliginosus, the barred snout, is a Palearctic species of soldier fly.

Description

Length 5—5,5 mm.
Male: the abdomen is white with black spots. The cubital vein is forked. The venter is black with white incisures and a white spot. Female: the snout is long, the white spots above the antennae are linear and oblique, nearly meeting in the middle.

Biology

The habitat is saltmarsh, waste ground and unimproved grassland, usually coastal. Adults are found from June to early September, peaking in July. Adults feed on pollen and nectar including that of Alisma plantago-aquatica, Cirsium, umbelliferae

Distribution

North, South USSR Siberia, Kazakhstan. North and Central Europe, in north to middle Sweden and in South to northern France. North Africa