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Species Account for Volucella inanis

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Volucella inanis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphidae

Volucella inanis

 
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Taxonomic group: hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) - Available county data

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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Regionally Important

Records: 238
First Record: 1950
Latest Record: 2023

1992-on hectads: 29
Pre-1992 hectads: 7
Total hectads: 30

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Essex Red Data List comment
This species has a national distribution largely centred on London and the south-east extending westwards along the south coast. In Essex it is a local species but by no means rare. It is described as nationally scarce (notable).

Species text
The larvae of this large hoverfly are ectoparasites of social wasp larvae, and have been found in association with Vespula germanica and Vespa crabro. They are found in open areas in woodland and scrub and, most frequently, in suburban areas, in parks and gardens where adults are usually seen visiting flowers, especially white umbels and Buddleja (Ball & Morris, 2000). In some years it is locally abundant in the outer suburbs of London and the surrounding countryside. Although reports indicate that it is expanding its range to the north, it also appears to have contracted eastwards with very few records from central-southern and south-western counties (Stubbs & Falk, 2002). References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3

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Broad Habitat Data (based on 28 records with habitat information)

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Structural Habitat Data (based on 82 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 238 records with habitat detail and method information)

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