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Soldier Fly

DateThu 2012-11-08

A female Sargus bipunctatus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). The above view shows the orange first abdominal segment through the wings.

And the following view shows the two white spots ('headlights') between the eyes:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-12.

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