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Hi,
I live in the UK, nothern part Yorkshire, this was seen and photgraphed in a coniferous clearing and as you can see was feeding on thistle flowers.
Can you identify it? Is it a fly or a bee?

Thank you

Tim

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Hi Tim.
It is fly from Tachinidae family, I think genus Tachina.
Looks like Tachina grossa, but it has to have brown calypter, your fly has yellow.
Soon Chris will give you precise answer.
Nikita

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Hey thanks Nikita, your ID looks spot on!

Cheers

Tim

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Definitely Tachina grossa

If you can give me the data (date, grid-reference, recorder's name, location name etc) I will add it to our database