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Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)

Identification

Identification difficulty = 3. microscope_icon camera_icon_cross according to Ball & Morris, 20241

Synonymy

Neoascia aenea (Meigen, 1822) in Coe(1953)2 and Kloet & Hincks (1976)3.

Biology

Both larvae and puparia have been found on Greater Reedmace Typha latifolia; the larva is reported from between the submerged leaf sheaths and puparia on plants growing in floating mats of vegetation. It is normally found among lush vegetation such as Greater Reedmace and Reed Sweet Grass Glyceria maxima, fringing wetlands. Adults will visit a variety of flowers fringing larval habitat.

Flight period

The following plots show the number of unique records per week excluding those reported to be of immature stages. Phenology plots for Neoascia meticulosa

Distribution

This is a widely distributed, mainly lowland species that appears to be commoner in southern regions. Distribution map for Neoascia meticulosa

Trends

The following plots show the Frescalo TFactor vs year and a map of the rescaled frequency (all records) for the species.Trend plots for Neoascia meticulosa

  1. Ball, S., & Morris, R. (2024). Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland. WILDGuides (3rd ed.). Oxford: Princeton University Press. ↩

  2. Coe, R. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 10(1), 1–98. ↩

  3. Kloet, G., & Hinks, W. (1976). A check list of British insects. 2nd Ed. Part 5: Diptera and Siphonaptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 11, 1–139. ↩