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Yellow-barred Peat Hoverfly

S⁠ericomyia silentis

Photo by arne.roysland
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Description:

Also known as Bog Hoverfly. A large, bright species with 3 narrow orange broken bars on matte black. It is around 18 mm long. The face is yellow with a dark black central line. The sides of the chest have some yellow areas. White-barred peat hoverfly https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/848554760 is of the same genus.

Habitat:

Spotted in marshland near a lake.

Notes:

Norwegian name: M⁠yrtigerflue

Reference Links:

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly (Sericomyia silentis) · iNaturalist

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