A large orange fly usually found around fungi. The wings are darkened only over the cross veins. The antennae are yellow. See the ID checklist below for more details.

• humeral bristle absent
• antennae yellowish
• top of the scutellum with dark hairs at the sides
• mesopleuron and pteropleuron with hairs
• no hairs underneath the scutellum
• aristae short plumose
• wings only darkened on the cross veins

Autumn

Breeds on fungi. Males often take up a territory on top of fungi.

Common and widespread

Uncommon