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 Can anyone help me with this one, seen by a stream on various foliage - brambles, nettles, umbellifers, grasses - in Staffordshire, UK.
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 Chrysopilus cristatus male (Rhagionidae)
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Chrysopilus cristatus male (Rhagionidae)


Hi Tony, many thanks for the speedy ID - I'm glad you could tell at all from this rather poor photograph!

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 Hey - the photo's OK! ... and this is one of the most conspicuous waterside flies at this time of yearWink
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Hey - the photo's OK! ... and this is one of the most conspicuous waterside flies at this time of yearWink


Yes, they were all over the vegetation where I was walking yesterday! Thanks again, Tony.
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