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| Meiosimyza rorida reach body lengths of up to 4 mm. Their round, yellowish, reddish and beige coloured bodies are covered in dark, widely spaced bristles. The head is yellowish-white, with a broad face and dark stripes of bristles at the top. The compound eyes are large and reddish. The chest (thorax) is reddish-yellow and covered with long individual bristles. The scutellum is light yellow and has individual bristles along its edges. The abd... | | |
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| Adults reach body lengths of up to 4 mm. Their bodies are slimly built and usually orange or black. The head of this fly is relatively broad and they have bright red compound eyes. The 3rd antennal segment is short and ovoid. The antennae are inclined downwards from the 2nd segment on. A small triangle of ocelli (simple eyes) can be seen on the upper half of the forehead. Orbital bristle... | | |
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| ...t yellow stripe on each side and is covered in small yellow dots. It is shaped like a slug, even in the embryonic state. The head has 4 reddish or brownish horns. The two central ones protrude significantly in height above the others. The strikingly broad posterior end into direction of the head looks like being pressed. The caterpillars mainly feed on the leaves of the western strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). They are very sensitive to frost. Therefore, this species is absent in a small area north o... | | |
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| ...n length and slightly slimmer. The hair on the face makes the head appear brownish in colour. The sides of the thorax also also covered in brownish hair. The abdomen has a black base colour, and is particularly striking in the females because of the broad white bars at the end of their abdominal segments. Andrena flavipes are similar in appearance to honey bees (Apis). | | |
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| The antennae are black. An important characteristic of this species is the remarkably large and wide 2nd segment, which is about five times longer than it is broad. The 3rd and 4th segments are thready and thin. The 3rd segment is bright yellow at its base. The 4th and outermost antennal segment is of a yellow-black colour. The eyes are large and reddish-brown. The scutellum, which is about as long as it is w... | | |
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| The upper surface of the chest (thorax) is light grey to dark grey in colour. Three broad black stripes run lengthwise, flanked on both sides by a short black stripe. The abdomen has a striking checked pattern in silvery and dark grey. The upper chitinous plates (tergites) of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segment almost completely cover the ... | | |
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| ...mon in northern Germany where they live almost exclusively in areas inhabited by humans. They prefer gardens or overgrown sunlit facades. Here they can be found on the leaves of herbs, shrubs, and climbing plants (ivy, wild wine), but rarely on such broad-leaf bushes as Syringa (Lilac). Due to its camouflaged appearance the Nigma walckenaeri is difficult to see. In the warmer parts of Europe, it lives in sunny forest edges and in clearings. It can even be found inside buildings. | | |
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| Notably, the females’ clypei (the broad plate at the front of an insect's head) have smaller or larger bulges, which have a simple conical shape, or may even look like little horns. The mouthparts (mandibles) of the females are elongated and have a tooth-like appendage, to capture prey an... | | |
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| These small, slender hoverflies reach body lengths of 7 - 10 mm. The abdomen has 6 grey patches, which extend to the edges. The legs are black and yellow in colour. The knees are broad. The mesonotum and scutellum are black and shiny. Platycheirus albimanus are found in almost all habitats, although they prefer moist, shady places. | | |
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| .... The pronotum (neck plate) is covered with reddish-yellow and white scales, with darker patches in the middle and at the sides. The edges of the pronotum also have a distinct antennae furrow. Close to the middle of the black elytra ( wing covers) a broad white stripe can be seen, and there are white spots laterally at the end. The elytra have reddish scales at the seam where they meet and above the peaks. | | |
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