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Colourful Sepsidae - Male Sepsis punctum.
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5-6mm body.
13 th August 2023 @ 16.34
Seen busily foraging on flowers of a small wild carrot plant (Daucus carota subsp. carota) which is growing next to a path a few meters from a small wooded stream, edged by wild meadowland.GPS 54.7538, 9.4208

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Male Sepsis punctum. A species that can be rather variable in coloration.
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Many Thanks Jan.
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