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Chloromyia formosa (Scopoli, 1763)

Chloromyia formosa
  • Cambridge 3 Jun 2002.
  • This is a male (like in Syrphidae, the eyes meet). Females have greenish abdomen
  • The eyes looked red to the naked eye - don't know why they photograph as green

Sargus bipunctatus Scopoli, 1763

Sargus bipunctatus
  • Cambridge 30 Sep 2000.
  • A "Soldier fly".
  • Tentatively identified as S. bipunctatus female by the orange-pink markings at the base of the abdomen.

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