Veteran Trees and Saproxylic Invertebrates at Hylands Park
Distribution of some saproxylic hoverflies in Essex Parks
* = present
** = found outside park boundary
DAGNAM HYLANDS THORNDON WEALD
Brachyopa insensilis * * * *
Brachyopa scutellaris * * * *
Brachypalpoides lentus ** * *
Callicera aurata *
Callicera spinolae *
Chalcosyrphus nemorum * * *
Criorhina asilica * *
Criorhina berberina *
Criorhina floccosa * * *
Criorhina ranunculi *
Didea fasciata *
Epistrophe diaphana *
Ferdinandea cuprea * *
Ferdinandea ruficornis **
Mallota cimbiciformis *
Meligramma euchroma *
Myolepta dubia * * *
Psilota anthracina * * * *
Xylota sylvarum * * * *
Xylota xanthocnema *
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