Hook-banded Wasp-hoverfly
Hook-banded Wasp-hoverfly
Latin name: Chrysotoxum festivum
The Hook-banded Wasp-hoverfly is a very boldly marked hoverfly. This hoverfly has a yellow face, yellow markings along the sides of the thorax, along with two pale longitudinal stripes and a black scutellum with a yellow border. There are yellow bars that curve towards the edge of each segment of the abdomen. The wing veins are dull orange and there is a dark cloud near the stigma.
You can see the Hook-banded Wasp-hoverfly in grasslands and scrubby margins, from May to September. The adults feed from flowers and the larvae feed on ant attended aphids.
The Hook-banded Wasp-hoverfly is widespread in the south and east of England, but not so common further north or west. It is scarce in Scotland.
Created: 12 September 2018 Edited: 12 September 2018
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