Hoverflies 2010Report of the

Recorder

Some good things about 2010

Seven new species of hoverfly for Bedfordshire

Major step forward in tetrad recording (230 now visited out of c380)

Much improved knowledge of early records (thanks to museum

visits) Great support from observers and photographers

New county species Pipiza fenestrata Brachyopa bicolor (Vulnerable) Cheilosia scutellata Syrphus rectus (poorly understood) Sphaerophoria rueppellii Cheilosia caerulescens (invasive) Callicera spinolae (Endangered)

Brachyopa bicolor

Sphaerophoria rueppellii

Cheilosia caerulescens

Other hoverflies of note A major year for Scaeva pyrastri

Some priorities for 2011… Find elusive spring species Continue studies of Sphaerophoria

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Visit more tetrads!

Thanks to …K Balmer, J Bellamy, R Bellamy, C Le Boutillier, S Brooke, R Broomfield,C Carpenter, J Childs, D Dawson, I K Dawson, A Donelly, D Fisher, R Lawrence, N Marjoram, R Morrissey, D Oakley-Martin, A R Outen, J Pitts, S R Plummer, R C Revels, S Rooke, B Squires, M Ward, A Whitney, N Willits, I Woiwod