Osphya bipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) Female
Family: Melandryidae
Size: 8.1 mm (5.0 to 11.0 mm)
Origin: South England to Caspian Sea
Ecology: Development in rotten hardwood, imagines on blooming shrubs
Location: England, Hunts, Monks Wood
leg.det. N.R.Nash, 18.V.1980
Coll. Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2018

Osphya bipunctata  Female   (enlarged)

Osphya bipunctata  Female   (Flickr)

Osphya bipunctata  Female   (Wikimedia Commons)

Osphya bipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) Male
Family: Melandryidae
Size: 8.1 mm (5.0 to 11.0 mm)
Origin: South England to Caspian Sea
Ecology: Development in rotten hardwood, imagines on blooming shrubs
Location: England, Hunts, Monks Wood
leg.det. N.R.Nash, 18.V.1980
Coll. Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2018

Osphya bipunctata   Male  (enlarged)

Osphya bipunctata  Male    (Flickr)

Osphya bipunctata  Male    (Wikimedia Commons)