
| Chrysops
relictus |
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| 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 |