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Common Orange Legionnaire - Beris vallata

Length 5-6 mm. The Beris genus is typified by having six spines along the base of the scutellum.

B. vallata has a mainly orange abdomen. The male's wings are dark but the female's are fairly clear.

B. vallata can be distinguished from the similar B. clavipes by its hind leg tibia being half black and half orange (it is all orange on B. clavipes).

Habitat - Found on vegetation in moist habitats such as marshes and wet woodland