Chrysops relictus
This distinctive fly may be known to many who walk the countyside, especially by it's known tendancy to bite. The green-eyed Chrysops relictus is found in areas of wet heaths, moors and woodlands, with the larva living in damp/wet soil. They are stoutly-built flies, mostly black but with variable yellow-orange bands around the upper part of the abdomen.
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UK distribution of Chrysops relictus
 

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Updated September 2011

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