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#1 2019-08-27 14:52:41
- Kate N
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- Name: Kate Nightingale
- From: Cropston, Leicestershire
- Registered: 2019-01-19
- Posts: 7
Can someone help with ID, please?
I saw this fly on my lavender on 19th August.
It's about 6 - 8mm long, with black legs, creamy-brown abdomen, and a 'smokey' suffusion to the outer wing, which also has a bulge - which makes me think it may be Phaonia genus.
Any help gratefully received - thanks.
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#2 2019-08-27 16:49:22
- Laurence Clemons
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- Name: Laurence Clemons
- Registered: 2008-04-02
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Re: Can someone help with ID, please?
Phasia obesa (Tachinidae).
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#3 2019-08-27 18:09:12
- Kate N
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- Name: Kate Nightingale
- From: Cropston, Leicestershire
- Registered: 2019-01-19
- Posts: 7
Re: Can someone help with ID, please?
Great! Many thanks Laurence.
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#4 2019-08-28 20:15:10
Re: Can someone help with ID, please?
Kate - could you put the record into iRecord? Would be useful for the recording scheme 
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#5 2019-12-01 14:58:19
- Kate N
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- Name: Kate Nightingale
- From: Cropston, Leicestershire
- Registered: 2019-01-19
- Posts: 7
Re: Can someone help with ID, please?
Chris,
Yes I will definitely add to iRecord. Sorry for the late reply. My 'winter' task is to compare all my records on iRecord - (inc. flies, bugs, beetles and moths) - with records I have previously submitted to NatureSpot and the various County Recorders, and then fill in any gaps.
Best wishes, Kate
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