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A male Dasysyrphus albostriatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) on common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-18.
A male Dasysyrphus albostriatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) on common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-18.
Acidia cognata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a leaf of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), the host-plant for its larvae.
Photo taken beside the top lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-18.
From 4 years ago: a male Melangyna cincta = Melligramma cincta (Diptera: Syrphidae).
For a female from last year see here.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, Uk on 2009-04-18.
A male Cistogaster globosa (Diptera: Tachinidae) on wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).
See here for a female that I saw last summer.
Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-08-11.
A male Phaonia valida (Diptera: Muscidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-10.