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Help with identifications, field craft and other topics relating to Diptera
fly ID
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hello, hoping someone will be able to help me with a fly that I can't place. Probably about 8-10mm (see photo)
Seen just west of Edinburgh feeding on Cow Parsley, thanks
Helina trivittata?
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Is this Helina trivittata please? Beds.
Pegoplata aestiva?
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I think this is Pegoplata aestiva. Would be nice if someone could confirm/correct that ID please? Beds.
Phaonia tuguriorum?
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Is this Phaonia tuguriorum please? Beds.
Nephrotoma quadrifaria?
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Dark stigma. Crossveins infuscated making zigzag line across wing and wingtip shaded. Rounded tip to the cerci. Nephrotoma quadrifaria? Bromham Hall, Beds.
Nephrotoma cornicina?
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From Witt's End, Bedfordshire on 4 July 2022, is this Nephrotoma cornicina please?
Tipula oleracea?
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From Harrold-Odell Country Park in Bedfordshire on 29 June 2022, is this Tipula oleracea please?
Nephrotoma for ID
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Is this Nephrotoma flavescens please? Bedfordshire. 13 June 2022.
Episyrphus balteatus with red abdominal markings
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Assuming this to be Episyrphus balteatus, I'm intrigued by the pair of red lines on its abdomen. This is the first instance of this that I've seen. Does anyone else have knowledge of this?
(Worthing's Heene Cemetery, 14th June 2022.)