Calliopum aeneum
Length: 3.5 to 4.5 mm.
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Flower rich meadows and hedgerows.
May to September.
Some sources suggest that the larvae mine the stems of Red Clover. However, Semelbauer & Kozánek reared the larva from egg to puparium on rotting leaves of Prunus avium. This suggests that the species is an aspecific detritus-feeder, like most of its congeners.
Widespread in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Normanton Woods, Earl Shilton
26 September 2022
David Nicholls
Normanton Woods, Earl Shilton
26 September 2022
arista - hairs < basal diameter
David Nicholls
Normanton Woods, Earl Shilton
26 September 2022
middle metatarsus - dense brush of hairs all along
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true fly (Diptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Lauxaniidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 26/09/2022 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 26/09/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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