| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | EPISTROPHE GROSSULARIAE |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | FLOWER FLY |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | A typical hoverfly with a yellow and black striped abdomen and bronze-green thorax. Black antennae, and the neat, almost parallel yellow bands on tergites 3 and 4 that reach the front edge are key ID factors. 2 median greyish stripes at the throrax can be also seen from the right angle. |
| BEHAVIOUR | A busy feeding species particularly fond of Hogweed and other flat-topped flowers. |
| DISTRIBUTION | Extremely common throughout. |
| HABITAT | Woodland rides, parks and gardens. |
| PERIOD | May to October. |