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Hi All,

This small fly approximately 3mm long was seen on a willow (salix) Am I correct in thinking it is one of the Tachinidae ? Location is South England and the picture was taken a couple of days ago.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance Chas

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I think this fly loves flowers!
But about it's real identity I don't know.

greetings, Robert

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The anthomyiid genera looking roughtly like the fly seen above (Phorbia and Egle) are very common in the spring on willow flowers. It's been some time since I last looked at these and I'm not 100% sure if this fly belong to either of these genera.

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Thanks for the replies,

and I will see what I can find out about hobia and egle.


Regards Chas