Sericomyia silentis


Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera

Wing length 9 ·5–14 mm. Pregenital segment yellow. Legs yellowish, base of femorae black. Tergites 2-4 dark yellow side-stripes widen towards tergite margins.
See references for determination

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe into Russia and the Caucasus and on to Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan.

Biology

Habitat: wet moorland, valley bog, fen and Alnus, Salix carr.
Flies May to October.