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Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
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Size 9 mm.
Flight period May until August.
Description
Can be dimoprphic on appearance
Female has a blue-green abdomen, occasionally with violet sheen, and the
Male has a bronze abdomen. the sheen is coppery-greenSimilar Speacies
Sargus Solder flies eyes in the Braod centurion are covered in dense black hairs which assist deferentaiation
Life History Larvae feed on decaying organic vegetable matter in damp soil, such as rotting bark and leaf litter,and therefore can be found around the edges of good garden compost heaps. The adult is a very c. Adults nectar and visit flowers, notably the Hogweed. flower especially to umbels of hogweed in mid-summer.
Habitat inhabiting woods, hedges, parks and gardens.Compost Heaps.
