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 Tachinidae: Mintho rufiventris
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 09-06-2014 10:27
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
I think this is Mintho rufiventris. Please confirm or correct this ID. Photographed on 8 June 2014 on a Wild Strawberry (Fragaria) plant in my front garden here in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. Best wishes, Martin Martin Cooper attached the following image:  [191.49Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 09-06-2014 12:48
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes - very nice - one of these days I hope to see one myself  Orange side patches on the abdomen and 2 broad black bars on the thorax are characteristic here in the UK 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 09-06-2014 13:32
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Thanks Chris. Shame my camera had mysteriously set itself to take a low-definition image. Still, at least we can tell what species it is even if counting its bristles isn't possible Location OS grid ref: TM166450 |
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