Species Account for Triglyphus primus
Triglyphus primus Loew, 1840
Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphidae
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Taxonomic group: hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) - Available county data
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Status: NS
Essex RDB: Listed
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Triglymus primus is rather scarce and local in south-east Britain from around Dorset and Wiltshire eastwards, and north to about a line between the Mersey and the Humber. The larvae are aphidophagous, and appear to be specific to the galls induced by Cryptosiphum artimisae on Artemisia vulgaris. Adults are elusive, but tend to be found visiting flowers such as white umbels or resting on sunny foliage in the sorts of places that Artemisia grows. These include urban waste ground, abandoned quarries and disused railway lines, but also semi-natural grassland with an element of disturbance (Ball & Morris, 2000). References
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