Should pay more attention
I went over to Stockhill which is a conifer plantation next to Priddy Mineries as last year the rides held a wide variety of hoverflies. It was a bit early in the year perhaps as the only flowers around seemed to be buttercups with the odd piece of Cow Parsley. Walking out of the car park I noticed a hoverfly run across a leaf. I assumed it was an Orange-belted Leafrunner and moved on. I then noticed another in a Buttercup flowerhead and took a couple of photos. Leafwalker Hoverfly After an hour or so on site photographing Blacklets and Aphideaters I saw another and decided to take better pictures at home so I caught it. At home I gave it a whiff of CO2 and put it down on a piece of wood on the garden table to get closer images. While doing this I thought something seemed a bit off so I put it through Obsidentify which suggested Xylota floriens which would be super rare here. Very fortunately it had not flown off so I retrapped it for closer attention. It was then that I fin...