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Hoverfly

DateWed 2012-06-13

A female hoverfly of species Leucozona laternaria (Diptera: Syrphidae).  For a male see here.  In the other Leucozona species on the UK checklist, lucorum and glaucia, the scutellum is orange-brown whereas in laternaria it is either all black or black with a yellowish tip.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-10.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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