Minettia longipennis

Length: 3 to 4.5 mm). Black fly and orange-tinted wings that are considerably longer than the body and have a black base. The lower face has two rounded swellings. The prosternum is bare..

• 3-4.5mm
• All black with wings much longer than body
• Base of wing blackened
• Lower face with rounded swelling each side
• Prosternum bare
• No preapical bristle on hind tibia

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Found around hedgerows and well wooded areas.

May to September peaking in June.

Larvae are found amongst dead leaves.

Fairly frequent and widely distributed in Britain.

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.