Name: Odontomyia hydroleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Stratiomyidae

Common name: Barred Green Colonel (Previosly “A soldierfly”)

2 sites only; 1 in north Yorkshire and 1 in Ceredigion, west Wales

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

Fen and marsh. Open, base-rich seepages which support the larval stage. Suitable nectar sources for adults within close proximity of breeding seepages.

Existing BAP species

Mike Howe, Countryside Council for Wales

UK BAP