3 December
2007
About
five hoverflies of three species visited
the Ivy on the Pixie Path to Mill
Hill. Two were Drone
Flies,
Eristalis,
one was a much smaller darker species which could have been Platycheirus
and the last two were Marmalade Flies,
Episyrphus
balteatus.
9 November
2007
One
Marmalade
Fly, Episyrphus
balteatus, was seen in the Butterfly
Copse near the Waterworks Road.
7 November
2007
There
were a few small hoverflies in the wood to the east of McIntyres Field,
Lancing
Ring Nature Reserve. They were smaller and darker than Episyrphus
balteatus and could be a Platycheirus.
4
November 2007
A
few Marmalade Flies Episyrphus
balteatus, visited Great
Mullein flowers on the lower
slopes of Mill Hill.
12
September 2007
There
were frequent hoverflies on the Ivy by the Pixie
Path in the north-west part: Myathropa
florea and Drone
Flies,
Eristalis,
and at least one small Sphaerophoria,
plus Syrphus and
another few of the smaller ones
which I did not identify.
10
September 2007
A
hoverfly Helophilus
pendulus was seen visiting Ragwort
next to the Downs Link Cyclepath
south of the Toll Bridge. This hoverfly
seems to be particularly fond of this plant to visit, but it was the only
yellow flower in the area.
9 September
2007
A
large species of Volucella was
seen on a Bramble at the top of the Pixie
Path. Its identity could not be confirmed. My tendency is to think
it was Volucella inansis.
26
August 2007
The
hoverfly Helophilus
pendulus was seen visiting Ragwort
next to the Downs Link Cyclepath
south of the Toll Bridge.
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9
August 2007
The hoverfly Volucella inansis was seen on the Pixie Path on the outskirts of Shoreham. |
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August 2007
The hoverfly Volucella zonaria was seen on the Downs Link cyclepath south of the Toll Bridge. |
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| 8
July 2007
The hoverfly on the right settled in the shade on the Downs Link cyclepath south of the Toll Bridge. This
is Chrysotoxum
festivum.
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3 July
2007
As
an ominous black cloud loomed in the west, I saw my first of the spectacular
hoverflies
Volucella zonaria both at the top
of the Pixie Path.
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2 July
2007
Two
species of hoverfly made an appearance on an overcast day: firstly a small
hoverfly Xanthogramma
pedissequum (above
right) in the Butterfly Copse near the Waterworks
Road, and a Myathropa florea
on the path on the south side of Frampton's Field, Old Shoreham.
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1
July 2007
Looking
very much like a bumblebee at first, the
hoverfly
Volucella
bombylans var. plumata was
seen on a Creeping Thistle
on the Downs Link path south of the
Toll
Bridge. It was the first of the year.
13
June 2007
Hoverflies
Helophilus
pendulus and the ubiquitous Marmalade
Flies Episyrphus
balteatus, make up the bulk of the
still only occasional hoverflies in Shoreham town
and the outskirts.
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May 2007
A small hoverfly landed on an Annual Wall Rocket growing from the dried out earth on the edge of the field north of Cuckoo's Corner. Because this hoverfly had just landed, the wings had not covered the abdomen. This hoverfly is my first Scaeva pyrastri of the year. |
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3
May 2007
My first hoverfly Helophilus pendulus of the year was seen at Cuckoo's Corner in the vegetation by the gate. |
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My second Myathropa florea of the year was seen in the vegetation at Cuckoo's Corner. |
20
April 2007
There
were at least twenty Rhingia campestris
hoverflies
on the small patch of Green Alkanet
at
the southern end of the Waterworks Road.
15
April 2007
The
first hoverfly Myathropa florea of
the year landed on me in the Butterfly Copse and the expected Rhingia
campestris hoverflies visited Green
Alkanet and White
Deadnettle on the
Waterworks
Road verges.
13
April 2007
A
handful of Rhingia campestris hoverflies
visited Green Alkanet
at
the southern end of the Waterworks Road.
A few Epistrophe eligans hovered
around at the top of the Pixie Path where
the old stile was.
9 April
2007
Still
only the occasional Syrphus hoverflies
were noted.
2
April 2007
Hoverflies
were occasionally seen including Drone
Flies,
Eristalis,
Marmalade
Flies Episyrphus
balteatus, and Syrphus;
all on Alexanders.
21
March 2007
A
Syrphus
hoverfly
visited a Dandelion
on the Pixie Path.
12
March 2007
There
were several species about, at least three, but I only identified a half
a dozen separate Drone
Flies,
Eristalis.
One
was identified as Eristalis pertinax.
9 March
2007
Drone
Flies,
Eristalis,
were occasionally seen on Alexanders.
2 March
2007
In
a brief burst of early afternoon sunshine, I spotted my first two hoverflies
at the top of Chanctonbury Drive (SE of the bridge to Mill
Hill). They were a Drone Fly,
Eristalis,
and a Syrphus.
Lancing
Hoverflies Database Records (by Ray Hamblett)
Lancing
Flies (Diptera) Gallery (by Ray Hamblett)
Adur Hoverflies > 2006