top of page

Flies

Variable Duskyface (Melanostoma mellinum)

The Variable Duskyface (Melanostoma mellinum) is a small (5-7mm), widespread species of hoverfly found across Europe. The yellow markings on their abdomen are highly variable with males having square-shaped yellow spots and Females with triangular yellow or orange markings.

The Corfu Nature Website currently contains over 6,000 photographs of  more than 1,100 wildlife species found on Corfu.
If you find something new that is not in the database, please submit it to the website.

Nature of Corfu Website - version 9.0
All photographs published on this website are copyright of the original photographer and are reproduced with their permission.

bottom of page