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Tachinid Fly

DateThu 2010-02-11


From late last summer: tachinid fly Tachina fera (Diptera: Tachinidae) with its proboscis extended.  The plant it is feeding on is probably a hybrid mint (Mentha sp)

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-08-22.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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