Dark-winged chrysogaster
Chrysogaster solstitialis
The dark-winged chrysogaster is a small, dark hover fly from Europe. Its wings have a smoky, blackish tint, and its feelers are reddish. You can find it near ponds, streams and damp woods in summer.
Lives in
Europe and North Africa, from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Caucasus, near wet woods and ponds
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Hover flies cannot sting or bite people.
What does it eat?
The adults visit flowers for nectar and pollen. The babies live in pond mud full of fallen twigs.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Dark-winged chrysogaster about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Each of its wings is only about 6 to 7 millimetres long.
2
The female has a purple shine on the middle part of her body.
3
It likes white flowers such as cow parsley and elder, and also meadowsweet and ragwort.
4
You can see it flying from June to September, or from May in southern Europe.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dark-winged chrysogaster
?Where does the dark-winged chrysogaster live?
In Europe and North Africa, near ponds, streams and damp woods.
?Is the dark-winged chrysogaster dangerous?
No. Hover flies cannot sting or bite people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chrysogaster solstitialis
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Chrysogaster solstitialis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by James K. Lindsey. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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