About Nemoraea pellucida (Meigen, 1824)
Nemoraea pellucida (Meigen, 1824) is a species of medium-sized fly that reaches a body length of 13.5–14.5 millimetres (0.53–0.57 in). Individuals have a head that is rather small relative to their body. In males, the thorax is grayish with black lines, the scutellum is reddish, and the abdomen is orange-yellow with yellowish white pollinosity and a median black vitta. Male legs are black. A smaller morph of this species has black scutellum and black abdomen. In females, the scutellum and all abdominal tergites are always entirely black. This species is distributed across most of Europe, Russia, Asia, Japan, and North Africa.
