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Soldier Flies

DateSun 2012-08-12

A male Chloromyia formosa (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) on hogweed.  Note the coppery-gold coloured abdomen.  In the female the abdomen is metallic blue:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-08.

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