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The following specimen was observed in my locality (UK).

Location: Ordnance Survey grid reference SJ 5015 8555 (10 metre square).

Date: 2014-07-13, 13:30 BST.

Conditions: intermittent bright sunshine, warm, moderate breeze.

I hesitate to assign this even to a particular Family, given the fun I've had here in the past with Conopids and Syrphids, but I suspect it'll be in either of those two Families, once the experts here have given it the once over. Though I await, as always, to be wonderfully surprised at what I've found!

Photo is one of 6 taken of this specimen - I picked the one with the sharpest focus just in case it IS possible for the experts here to home in on a species ID. :)