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Tachinid Fly

DateTue 2012-08-07

A small black Tachinid fly with a round abdomen: probably a female Cistogaster globosa (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Similar in colour and length to Phania funesta but noticably fatter.  The males of C. globosa are yellow and black.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-04.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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