Dasysyrphus friuliensis

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Dasysyrphus friuliensis (van der Goot, 1960)

Identification ease/difficulty: 4

Sources of information

• Page 132 in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
• Map here and page 51 in Ball & Morris (2000)
• Page 194 in Stubbs & Falk (2002)

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Species account from Provisional atlas of British hoverflies, Ball & Morris, 2000.

Dasysyrphus friuliensis (van der Goot, 1960)

Biology: The larvae are aphid-feeding and overwinter in leaf litter on the forest floor. Adults have most often been found in rides, or near the edges of coniferous plantations where they visit flowers such as white umbels and Ranunculus. In Europe it is considered to be associated with Picea forests and plantations

Distribution: This species was first recorded in Britain in 1979 from Yorkshire, and has subsequently been found in a number of localities in central and southern Wales and north and central England. It has also been taken in Malaise traps in Oxfordshire. It is thought to be a recent colonist of conifer plantations, and is likely to be found more widely in future