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Anasimyia contracta (Claussen & Torp, 1980)
Family: Syrphidae
Wing length: 5 to 7.5mm
Flight period: April to September, peaking June and July.
A widespread localised species throughout the United Kingdom, although is only found in Southern Scotland.
Habitat: Anasimyia contracta favours wetlands with margins of vegetation growing on the edges of still water ponds and lakes. Adults can be seen resting on the leaves of bulrushes and when not resting will be seen visit a wide range of wild flowers growing nearby including buttercups, purple marsh locks, Myosotis and a variety of “Apiaceae” flowering plants (being mostly aromatic flowering plants in the Umbelliferae family.
Larvae can be found between the leaves of rotting plants, usually just under the waterline, between the stems of bulrushes and other similar water growing plants.
This species has a waist similar to a wasps waisted abdomen, the images below are of the male species.
Read MoreFamily: Syrphidae
Wing length: 5 to 7.5mm
Flight period: April to September, peaking June and July.
A widespread localised species throughout the United Kingdom, although is only found in Southern Scotland.
Habitat: Anasimyia contracta favours wetlands with margins of vegetation growing on the edges of still water ponds and lakes. Adults can be seen resting on the leaves of bulrushes and when not resting will be seen visit a wide range of wild flowers growing nearby including buttercups, purple marsh locks, Myosotis and a variety of “Apiaceae” flowering plants (being mostly aromatic flowering plants in the Umbelliferae family.
Larvae can be found between the leaves of rotting plants, usually just under the waterline, between the stems of bulrushes and other similar water growing plants.
This species has a waist similar to a wasps waisted abdomen, the images below are of the male species.
