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(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by
Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
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OPHRYS.
Bee-Orchid, Fly Orchid and Spider Orchids. [Orchidaceae]
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Five
species of Ophrys are recorded in Britain. These include
the native Bee Orchid (O. apifera), Fly Orchid (O. insectifera),
Early Spider-orchid (O. sphegodes) and Late Spider-orchid
(O. fuciflora).
No British miners are recorded on Ophrys.
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Bee
orchid
Ophrys apifera
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Key for the identification of the known mines of British
insects (Diptera and non-Diptera) recorded on Ophrys
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1 > Leaf-miner: Large blotch with a group of some larvae. At the start of the mine
a group of elliptic egg shells.
The larvae make individual mines which then merge to form an upper surface blotch. The larva leaves the mine to pupate.
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On Listera, but not yet on Ophrys, in Britain, but not common. On Cephalanthera, Cypripedium, Dactylorhiza,
Epipactis, Gymnadenia, Ophrys and Orchis elsewhere. Widespread
in Britain and continental
Europe. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and from the
Nearctic region
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Parallelomma
vittatum (Hering, 1826) [Diptera: Scathophagidae]. |
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