A friend sent me this picture, taken in his garden in Salisbury, Wilts, asking for confirmation of his i/d. I am pretty sure he's right but would welcome the views of others before putting the species on the Wiltshire list.
Anthony
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Thank you, Tony. As usual,…
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Thank you, Tony. As usual, one photo doesn't tell enough. S. haemorrhoidalis is not on the UK checklist as it seems to have been a misidentification for S. africa. My colleague had not previously observed the red terminalia so jumped to a conclusion.
There are more than a dozen species of Sarcophaga and Blaesoxipha with red genitalia. I'm not sure that I could say this was haemorrhoidalis from this one photo.