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Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi - thanks Stephane
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Is this fly a muscid or are the wing veins not quite right...? And what genus/ species if possible to say..

10mm Wiltshire southwest UK 4.5.10
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A profile view, covered in pollen...
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Wrong wing venation for Muscidae : this is a male Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi in Syrphidae.
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OK, many thanks for this ID. The range of Syrphidae shapes and forms I'm getting to know is growing....
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