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Posted on 18-06-2022 11:54
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 Would like an ID on this fly found in my garden today in SW London

live.staticflickr.com/65535/52153923742_21fedb818f_c.jpgP6180031 black fly by tobyjug5, on Flickr
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 Pale wing tips makes it a female Melanophora roralis Rhinophoridae I think...
Edited by Roger Thomason on 18-06-2022 12:17
 
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 Roger got it again TumbsUp
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 Many thanks, didn't even notice the pale tips.
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