Wing length 4.5-8.5mm. Tergites 1+2 are blackish from all angles. Tergite 4 with very long marginals, tergite 3 with median marginals nearly as long (in male) or half as long (in female) as the length of tergite 4.

L. bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle).

• Basicosta blackish.
• Tergite 1+2 blackish from all angles.
• Tergite 3 with median marginals nearly as long (in male) or half as long (in female) as the length of tergite 4.
• Three pairs of postsutural acrostichals.

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Pools, ditches and marshy areas supporting the amphibians their larvae parasitise.

April to September.

Larvae parasitise amphibians, but it will also use amphibian and mammalian carrion.

Widespread across the UK.

The Spearwort Fields record was the first for VC55.