[2][3][4][5] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera The wing length is 6·5-7·75 mm.

Apical antennomere with a large kidney-shaped sensory pit Tergite 2 posterolaterally black pilose.

[8][9] The habitat is deciduous forest (Acer, Alnus, Ulmus, Fraxinus).

Brachyopa scutellaris flies, pendulously, in sunlit patches beside living trees with sap runs (where the larvae develop) and around rot-holes.

Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Cardamine, Crataegus, Malus, Cornus, Photinia, Rubus fruticosus, Sorbus and Viburnum.