Ilione albiseta Snail Killer Fly Sciomyzidae

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Classification Order: Diptera – true flies Family: Sciomyzidae - Marsh flies

Length

Phenology Summer and autumn.

Identification An orangey brown species with striped eyes and thorax.

Life Cycle

The aquatic larvae are predators These are known as snail-killing flies because they parasitise snail

Habitat