David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flies 38 – Late Bear Hoverflies
LATE
BEAR HOVERFLY Sericomyia superbiens (m)
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The
bee-mimicking Late Bear Hoverfly Sericomyia
superbiens was once known by the scientific
name of Arctophila fulva, nomenclature
that had independently been applied to an Arctic moss by botanists! Other
members of the same genus are convincing social wasp mimics. The clouding on
the wings is rather faint on the above example photographed in the South of
France. This species is associated with damp habitats in the north and west of
the UK and it is absent from most of the south eastern counties of England other
than East Anglian fenland habitats.
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