Cluster Flies

Pollenia rudis

Appearance

• 6–10mm in length
• Dark grey–olive thorax clothed with crinkled golden–brown hairs.
• Wings overlap when at rest. Sluggish in flight.

Lifecycle

• Eggs laid in soil.
• Larva develop in earthworms.

Habits

• Often found in large numbers in roof voids in Autumn where they over–winter.

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