====== Eristalis cryptarum - Bog hoverfly ======
{{:bap:existing:eristalis_cryptarum.jpg?200 |Eristalis cryptarum}}
**Name:** //Eristalis cryptarum// (Fabricius, 1794)

**Family:** Syrphidae

**Common name:** Bog hoverfly

===== Distribution =====
Dartmoor currently; previously south-west England
===== Habitat =====
Seepages and perhaps swamps with diverse vegetation, circum-neutral to slightly acid, lightly to moderately grazed. On Dartmoor, the species appears to rely on seepages within rhos pasture grassland and moorland edge that are not too acidic.

[[http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/sgb_nbn_map.php?id=NBNSYS0000007048|Distribution map]] from publicly available, 10km square resolution data on the NBN Gateway.

[[http://www.hoverfly.org.uk/portal.php?id=10929&scol=HFF0000&bkgrd=1&ecol=H0000FF&page=4|Distribution map]] from the Hoverfly Recording Scheme.
===== BAP =====
Existing BAP species,
==== Lead partner ====
Norman Baldock, Dartmoor National Park Authority
==== Links ====
[[http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=288|UK BAP]]