Myolepta potens - Western Wood-vase Hoverfly

Name: Myolepta potens (Harris, 1780)

Family: Syrphidae

Common name: Western Wood-vase Hoverfly (Previously “A Hoverfly”)

Moccas Park, Herefordshire

Distribution map from publicly available, 10km square resolution data on the NBN Gateway.

Distribution map from the Hoverfly Recording Scheme.

This genus is known to breed in rot holes in trees.

Existing BAP species

No

UK BAP