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 Small orange fly with patterned wings.
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 12-07-2010 13:50
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
I found this in my conservatory. WL 7mm. no spines along front edge of wing. Thanks. Peter peterbolson attached the following image:  [51.47Kb] |
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 12-07-2010 14:10
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Tephritidae. Me thinks.
Edited by Daniel Whitmore on 12-07-2010 14:19 Daniel |
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| saeed |
Posted on 12-07-2010 14:27
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Member Location: Iran Posts: 125 Joined: 10.03.08 |
Wing pattern is Look likes Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)
Saeed |
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 12-07-2010 14:54
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
Thanks Daniel & Saeed. I see the larvae mine the leaves of coltsfoot and butterbur, both of which are common around here. Peter |
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| saeed |
Posted on 12-07-2010 16:57
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Member Location: Iran Posts: 125 Joined: 10.03.08 |
Yes, they are true host plants of Acidia cognata 
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