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Muscid Fly

DateFri 2020-01-31

The startling yellow-orange face and white frons of a male Schoenomyza litorella (Diptera: Muscidae).  In the females the face is a pale yellow.

Identified using the key of Fonseca, 1968.

Specimen taken in Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK on 2019-04-21.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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