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Nov272012

Tephritid Fly

DateTue 2012-11-27

A female Tephritis formosa (Diptera: Tephritidae).  The host plants for their larvae are sow-thistles (Sonchus sp).  Mid-November seems rather late in the season for Tephtitid flies to be out and about.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-14.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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