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While most other flies were basking atop leaves, this little, 6-7mm, fly was defiantly hiding beneath a cluster of field maple (Acer campestre) leaves. It looks like the eyes are banded.
In a sunlit patch in a dark, canopied, alley of mature mixed trees.
20 Sept. 2021, @ 15:14pm
Flensburg, N.Germany @ 54.759675, 9.423957

Many Thanks in advance,
Ray
All my identified insect observations are recorded on Observation.org:-
https://observati...3/species/