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Tachinid Flies
Thu 2010-08-12
A pale-faced black Tachinid fly, probably Exorista rustica (Diptera: Tachinidae). Similar to Voria ruralis but the hairs between the eyes are arranged in two neat lines down the face.
Here is a side view of one from a couple of months earlier:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-30 (top) and 2010-05-30 (bottom).
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