Species details

Scaeva dignota (Rondani, 1857)

Biology

The larvae are aphidophagous and are reported from fruit trees and from elder. Adults are reported from a variety of scrubby environments and from urban areas, and are known to visit yellow composites.

Distribution

It is currently only known from a single specimen from the Isle of Wight.

Status

Probably a vagrant to the British Isles.