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hi all,
..as usual it's one of sd's threads I arrive at whenever I need to look up a new fly, so thanks Steve for chopping down all that wood!

My specimen has hairs reaching about two thirds of the way along that 'sub-costal' area, but no red patch on the side nor any trace of red on the scutellum. The parafacial area is blueish. Is that still ok for heraclei? I keyed it together with a small vulgaris and the differences were very clear, and it took an unusual route through the key, sending me back to couplet 35 from 101

best wishes,
Jeremy