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Hi,

The only one I can find which has a front tarsus swelling like this is Platycheirus amplus. It certainly is ample!

But it seems this species has only been found in Scotland so far, and with very few records at that.

I can't find any pics of P. amplus, but it is supposed to resemble P. peltatus in the spots as one in historic records was mistaken for that.

Help me please, I am going mad. :o

Taken in my garden south of Lincoln UK on 16th August. I am in a woodlands and heathlands type location, it was feeding on Veronica which is near my pond and not far from a roadside drain.

I have two pics, posting a third crop of the front end.

Janet :)