Broad Centurian Soldier Fly
Female
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 3rd July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File


Broad Centurian Soldier Fly.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Chloromyia formosa.
Diptera.
Stratiomyidae.
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Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		Decaying vegetable matter.
Nectar,  mainly on Umbellifers and pollen.
7.3 - 9 mm.
Both sexes have a shiny green thorax but the female has a blue-green abdomen, sometimes with a violet sheen, and the male has a bronze abdomen. The eyes are covered in dense black hairs, which helps to distinguish it from the similar Sargus solder flies.
Wooded areas, hedge rows, moist forests, wet meadows, parks and gardens.
April - August.