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Tachinidae, Phania funesta, Sussex
Will van Niekerk
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Posted on 18-05-2012 17:57
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I think it's Tachinidae, although the R4(?) bend seems strangely close to the tip...

Hoping other people can expand.

Quite small, 5mm perhaps an over-generous estimate.

in setaside between hedgerow and bare field (recently tilled)

Bosham, West Sussex, UK.

17 May 2012
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and the wing (colour balance shifted to improve visibility, wing without colour-shift slight smoky gray, nothing to write home about).
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Phania funesta.

Very common at the moment


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Thanks, updating title.
 
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