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Sargus iridatus ID? (Herefordshire, UK)
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 Hi All

Another fly from an old estate, near a lake, also sheep faring in the locale.

I think this is the right fly but there maybe others that are similar that I haven't found.

Sorry for the bang average photos, the fly wouldn't sit still for a second and the autofocus struggled with the iridescence.....

Could someone ID please?

Thanks, Gareth
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 Hi Gareth, Sargus iridatus has darker, blackish wings and black feet. I think this one is a female Chloromyia formosa.
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 Thanks again Eric.
 
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 Feet (as in “tarsi”) are dark in Ch. formosa as well, otherwise you would have Ch. speciosa.

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