INDEX

2017 Sightings

First sightings for the year.

January :
- None seen at all.
February 7:
- Episyrphus balteatus female, on Gorse.
February 13:
- Meliscaeva auricollis male .
- Eristalis tenax female. Both species on Sarcococca confusa.
February 20:
- Eupeodes luniger male and female, on Snowdrops.
March 13:
- Melangyna lasiophthalma male.
- Melanostoma scalare male. Both species on Dog's Mercury.
March 15:
- Syrphus torvus male.
March 21:
- Cheilosia pagana male.
- Eristalis pertinax male.
- Platycheirus albimanus male, on Lesser Celandine.
March 27:
- Cheilosia grossa female.
- Cheilosia variabilis male.
March 28:
- Syrphus ribesii female.
March 30:
- Parasyrphus punctulatus male and female, on Dog's Mercury.
April 3:
- Epistrophe eligans male and female.
- Melangyna cincta male and female.
April 4:
- Rhingia rostrata male .
April 5 :
- Myathropa florea male .
April 6 :
- Cheilosia vernalis male .
April 7:
- Brachyopa pilosa male.
- Brachyopa scutellaris male.
- Chalcosyrphus nemorum male.
- Helophilus pendulus male and female.
- Neoascia tenur male and female.
- Sphaerophoria scripta male
April 8:
- Eristalis arbustorum male.
- Helophilus hybridus male .
- Neoascia meticulosa male and female.
- Rhingia campestris female.
April 9:
- Eristalis intricaria female.
- Meligramma euchromum male .
- Platycheirus fulviventris male .
April 10:
- Dasysyrphus albostriatus female.
- Pipiza luteitarsis female .
April 11:
- Baccha elongata female.
- Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi male and female.
- Criorhina ranunculi white-tailed male .
- Dasysyrphus tricinctus male.
April 16:
- Brachyopa bicolor male.
- Didea fasciata female .
- Leucozona lucorum male and female.
April 19:
- Criorhina floccosa male.
- Dasysyrphus venustus male.
- Epistrophe melanostoma male and female.
- Ferdinandea cuprea male .
- Xylota segnis male
April 22:
- Heringia (Neocnemodon) cf. vitripennis female. Keys as this species.
April 24 :
- Meliscaeva cinctella female .
April 27:
- Anasimyia lineata male.
- Eupeodes latifasciatus male .
- Parhelophilus frutetorum male .
- Parhelophilus versicolor male.
- Platycheirus peltatus male.
May 10:
- Brachypalpus laphriformis male and female.
- Merodon equestris male .
- Pipiza noctiluca female.
May 11 :
- Brachyopa insensilis male .
May 12 :
- Melanogaster hirtella male and female.
May 14:
- Eristalinus sepulchralis female.
- Eristalis nemorum male.
- Neoascia interrupta female.
- Platycheirus rosarum male .
- Xanthogramma pedissequum male
May 16 :
- Portevinia maculata male and female.
May 18:
- Eristalis horticola male.
- Pipizella viduata male .
May 19 :
- Volucella bombylans red-tailed male .
May 21:
- Anasimyia contracta male.
- Lejogaster metallina female.
- Neoascia podagrica male.
- Tropidia scita male .
May 30 :
- Cheilosia impressa female .
May 31 :
- Volucella pellucens male .
June 2 :
- Syritta pipiens male .
- Syrphus vitripennis female .
June 3 :
- Chrysogaster solstitialis male .
June 7:
- Cheilosia illustrata male.
- Chrysogaster virescens female.
- Chrysotoxum bicinctum female.
- Epistrophe grossulariae male .
June 10 :
- Volucella inflata male .
June 14:
- Eristalinus aeneus male.
- Sphaerophoria rueppellii male and female.
June 15:
- Sericomyia silentis male.
- Sphegina elegans female .
June 17:
- Chrysotoxum festivum male.
- Mallota cimbiciformis male .
June 29:
- Eupeodes corollae male.
- Helophilus trivittatus male and female.
July 2 :
- Cheilosia soror male .
July 5 :
- Leucozona laternaria female .
July 10:
- Sphaerophoria taeniata male.
- Volucella zonaria male .
July 17:
- Chrysotoxum verralli male.
- Scaeva pyrastri male .