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Heineken Fly

Heineken Fly ©Walwyn

Heineken fly

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Scientific name: Rhingia campestris
A common hoverfly, the Heineken fly has a distinctively long snout that enables it to take nectar from deeper flowers, reaching the parts other hoverflies cannot reach! It frequents hedgerows, gardens and woods.

Top facts

Category

Stats

Length: 0.7-1.1cm

Conservation status

Common.

When to see

March to November

About

The Heineken fly is a common hoverfly found along hedgerows, in gardens and at woodland edges. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers like White Dead-nettle and Red Dead-nettle, and the larvae live and feed in animal dung.

What to look for

The Heineken fly has a rounded, dark orange body, dark brown thorax, and distinctive, long, orangey-brown snout.

Where to find

Widespread.

Habitats

Did you know?

The Heineken Fly has a long snout that enables it to reach the nectar in tubular flowers, which other flies cannot reach.