Gateshead Birders Hoverflies |
You can sex Hoverflies - A female has a gap between the eyes, in males they meet along the top of the head |
| Hoverflies recorded in Gateshead and year last recorded Species in Blue have been reported since 2007 and shown above |
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Anasimyia contracta [1984] |
Melangyna compositarum [1984] Melangyna labiatarum [1980] Melangyna lasiophthalma [1985] Melangyna quadrimaculata [1987] Melangyna umbellatarum [1995] Melanogaster hirtella [1984] Melanostoma mellinum [2005] Melanostoma scalare [2005] Meliscaeva cinctella [1988] Merodon equestris [2005] Myathropa florea [2005] Neoascia meticulosa [1985] Neoascia podagrica [2005] Neoascia tenur [2005] Orthonevra brevicornis [1984] Orthonevra nobilis [1984] Parasyrphus punctulatus [1987] Parhelophilus versicolor [1984] Pipiza austriaca [1984] Pipiza bimaculata [1976] Pipiza fenestrata [1976] Pipiza luteitarsis [1976] Platycheirus albimanus [2005] Platycheirus clypeatus agg. [1984] Platycheirus fulviventris [2005] Platycheirus granditarsus [1986] Platycheirus manicatus [1985] Platycheirus peltatus agg. [1984] Platycheirus perpallidus [1984] Platycheirus rosarum [2005] Platycheirus scambus [2005] Platycheirus scutatus agg. [1985] Portevinia maculata [1983] Rhingia campestris [1984] Riponnensia splendens [1984] Scaeva pyrastri [1977] Sericomyia silentis [1988] Sphaerophoria interrupta [1981] Sphaerophoria scripta [2005] Sphaerophoria sp. Sphegina clunipes [2005] Sphegina verecunda [2005] Syritta pipiens [2005] Syrphus ribesii [2005] Syrphus torvus [1980] Syrphus vitripennis [1984] Syrphus sp. Volucella bombylans [2005] Volucella pellucens [2005] Xylota segnis [1986] Xylota sylvarum [1984] |
[Many thanks to Hoverfly Recording Scheme and Provisional atlas of British hoverflies, Ball & Morris, 2000]