David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
___________________________________________________________________________________Flies 65 – Long-winged Duskyface
Hoveflies
LONG-WINGED DUSKYFACE HOVERFLY
Melanostoma scalare (f)
LONG-WINGED DUSKYFACE HOVERFLY
Melanostoma scalare (f)
LONG-WINGED DUSKYFACE HOVERFLY
Melanostoma scalare (f)
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The female Long-winged
Duskyface Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare (illustrated) is characterised by having orange antennae, distinctive yellow
patches resembling the heads of golf-clubs on the abdomen, and wings that
extend well beyond the tip of the abdomen. Males also possess substantially
orange antennae and narrow, elongated bodies, and their abdominal spots are
rectangular. This is a common and widely distributed hoverfly in the UK.
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