Oplodontha viridula, the common green colonel, is a European species of soldier fly.

Thorax brilliant black, coarsely punctured and with short dull yellow pubescence.

Abdomen whitish, yellow or leaf green with all intermediate ranges; black longitudinal dorsal median band also variable in shape and extent than the background pastel color.

[18][19][20][21] The habitat is wetland biotope, such as marshes, meadows with locks, salt marshes and river valleys- in humid places, on herbs, Phragmites, Cnicus Adults are found from the end of April to the beginning of October.

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