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DIPTERA	Syrphidae	Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hover (Drone) Fly Hover fly Hover fly Hover fly Hover fly Hover fly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly Hoverfly	Syritta Scaeva pyrastri Volucella pellucens Volucella inanis Volucella zonaria Volucella inflata Meliscaeva auricollis. Eristalis tenax Eristalis interrruptus Merodon equestris Syrphus spp. Myathropa florea Episyrphus balteatus \| 2 Xanthogramma pedissequum Sphaerophoria scripta \|1 \| 2 Helophilus pendulus Eupeodes corollae \| 2 Eupeodes luniger
	STRATIOMYIDAE	Soldier fly Soldier Fly	Chloromyia formosa Stratiomys potamida \| Emergent
	BIBIONIDAE	St Mark's Fly	Bibio marci
	MUSCIDAE	Greenbottle	Dasyphora
	Tachinidae	Tachinid	Thelaria sp.
		Turnip Sawfly	Athalia rosae

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	Sphaerophoria scripta Hoverflies in cop 27.8.2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerophoria_scripta
	ID provided by David Iliff
	Two Flies which could be: A Greenbottle Dasyphora sp. (Muscid) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasyphora A Tachinid Thelaira sp. Thelaira - Wikipedia
	ID needs verification
	Greenbottle Dasyphora sp. (Muscid) 26.07.2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieracium_lachenalii
	Syritta pipiens (f) Thick-legged Hoverfly 16.8.2005 garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syritta_pipiens
	Syritta pipiens (m) Hoverfly 16.8.2005 Garden
	Episyrphus balteatus (m) Hoverfly 16.8.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episyrphus_balteatus
	Sphaerophoria scripta (m) Hoverfly 16.8.2005 Garden
	Eupeodes corollae (Metasyrphus) Migrant Hoverfly 2.8.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupeodes_corollae ID from Hans Arentsen's Garden Safari
	Scaeva pyrastri (m) Hoverfly Garden 2.8.2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaeva_pyrastri
	Volucella zonaria (f) Hornet mimic Hoverfly 25.8.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_zonaria
	Volucella inanis (f) Hoverfly McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring 9.8.2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_inanis
	Volucella pellucens Pellucid Hoverfly 7.7.2005 McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_pellucens
	ID confirmed by Murdo Macdonald HBGR
	Volucella inflata Hoverfly 18.6.2005 McIintyres Field, Lancing Ring ID by Jill Mears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_inflata
	Meliscaeva auricollis St James-the-Less churchyard North Lancing 26.3.2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliscaeva_auricollis
	I'D supplied by David Iliff on UK Hoverflies
	Eristalis pertinax dark form Tapered Drone Fly Larva is Rat tailed maggot 24.4.2005 Mash Barn Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis_pertinax
	I'D supplied by David Iliff on UK Hoverflies
	Eristalis tenax (m) A Drone Fly/Rat Tail Maggot 18.8.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis_tenax
	Eristalis tenax (probably) A Drone Fly/Rat Tail Maggot Recorded 22 Feb.2003
	Where: On painted house wall Click image for Rat-Tail maggot larvae
	Eristalis interruptus [syn.nemorum] female recorded :15.8.2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis_nemorum Lancing Ring Meadows
	"It is a female nemorum - also showing white margins to the tergites as found in cryptarum, but with a very different leg colour. Good timing." Steven Falk, Senior Keeper of Natural History, Warwickshire Museum, Market Place, Warwick CV34 4SA tel: 01926 412481
	Merodon equestris A Hover Fly recorded 29.5.04 Site: Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merodon_equestris
	Syrphus spp. (ribesii, unconfirmed) English: A Hover fly
	Recorded: 11 April 2004 Where: garden Notes: 'cannot be identified to species. This has always been a tricky genus requiring considerable care, but the addition of S. rectus has made it difficult to impossible (in the case of separating male S. vitripennis and S. rectus)! So you will usually need a specimen under good magnification and lighting to get this genus to species! (Stuart Ball)
	Syrphus spp. (ribesii?) Hoverfly - female recorded: 16.9.2004 garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrphus_ribesii
	Observed in the process of egg laying on Evening Primrose Oenothera plant. (Not the Buxus in the photo) Re: Thin yellow stripe on abdomen:"I think that is just an effect of the abdomen being flexed and showing the tergite joints. Either the joint is coloured or the tergite edges are catching the light. " -Steve Covey UK-Hoverflies@yahoogroups.com
	Syrphus spp. 22.4.2005 Mash Barn Lane, Lancing
	A Hover fly Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Fly Recorded: 25.6.04 Site: Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episyrphus_balteatus "The double bars on the abdomen are distinctive". -Matt Smith via UK-Hoverflies
	Episyrphus balteatus Recorded: 31.7.2004 Garden
	Scientific: Myathropa florea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myathropa_florea Recorded: 16. May 2004 Site: Garden
	Myathropa florea 1.5.2005 Mash Barn Lane
	A Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum recorded:29.6.04 site: Malthouse Meadow, Sompting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philhelius_pedissequus Notes : "The important markings are the 'horseshoe-shaped' spots at the base of the abdomen. (horseshoe = pedis-equum geddit?)" -MS Ref sources BioImages
	Sphaerophoria scripta 3.7.2005 female Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerophoria_scripta
	Sphaerophoria scripta male 13.7.04 site: McIntyres Field, Sompting
	Sphaerophoria scripta Hoverfly recorded 31.7.04 Garden
	Sphaerophoria scripta Recorded : 9.8.2004 Garden
	Helophilus pendulus 17.7.2004 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helophilus_pendulus Flickr
	External link
	Scaeva pyrastri Pied Hoverfly 2.8.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaeva_pyrastri see below for comparison with Eupeodes
	Eupeodes luniger Common Spotted field Syrph Front garden 21.1.2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupeodes_luniger
	Eupeodes luniger/ Eupeodes corollae. ? Flickr Mash Barn Lane 24.4.2005
	Eupeodes luniger 17.7.2004 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupeodes_luniger
	"Hoverflies with aphidophagous larvae can show quite some variation in size. When 'mummy' deposited an egg near a rather poor aphid colony, then 'junior' would have had little to eat and consequently be smaller than a sibling whose egg was deposited near a nice and large aphid colony."-Paul Beuk on Uk-Hoverflies
	Eupeodes luniger/ Eupeodes corollae.? Garden
	Eupeodes luniger Garden 2.10.2023

Hoverflies of Adur

	Stratiomyidae Chloromyia formosa A Soldier Fly Broad Centurion recorded 28.6.04 Site: Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromyia_formosa Notes: http://www.diptera.info
	A Soldier Fly Stratiomys potamida Banded General recorded 11.7.04 Site: close to garden pond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratiomys_potamida Confirmed by Simon Hayhow on UK Hoverflies
	Stratiomys potamida
	Stratiomys potamida
	Emergent Stratiomys potamida The fly's wings are not yet inflated. I witnessed the event a few minutes after this picture.

	Bibio marci St Mark's Fly or hawthorn fly 30.4.2005 Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibio_marci
	Athalia rosae Turnip Sawfly 9.8.2005 Lancing Ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_sawfly

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Merodon equestris