Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

"Myathropa florea" is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September.
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Appearance

It is of similar size as the drone fly, but living "Myathropa" are generally more yellow, with two light bands to the thorax, interrupted with a black central smudge. In museum specimens, any yellow colour soon fades to brown after death. Like most Eristalini, "Myathropa" are rather variable in size, shape and colour.
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Food

Larvae feed on bacteria in organic waterlogged detritus, often in the shallow rot holes of tree stumps.

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