Chrysotoxum arcuatum

Chrysotoxum arcuatum, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout Britain and Ireland but much more common in the upland districts of the north and west where it is typically found at ground level near woodland and moorland edges. The larvae are thought to feed on root aphids associated with ant colonies.^[1][2]

Chrysotoxum arcuatum
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female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Chrysotoxum
Species:	C. arcuatum
Binomial name
Chrysotoxum arcuatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Musca arcuata Linnaeus, 1758 Chrysotoxum fasciatum Müller