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Upland Ephydrid on rocks => Ditrichophora
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On Malvern Hills 31st July 2021
Seemed to be hoovering something off top of rock in an old quarry
A not-so-hairy Ephydrid ?

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Another Ditrichophora, I think.
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ah right ok nice, thanks Tony
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If so, then D.fuscella perhaps(?) - Thorax "blackened and slightly shining in some lights"
https://www.dipte....Drake.pdf
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