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May152012

Big-Nosed Hoverfly

DateTue 2012-05-15

A female Rhingia campestris (Diptera: Syrphidae).  Rhingia rostrata is similar but with no black markings along the side of the abdomen.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-05-13.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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