Merzomyia westermanni
Larger species, wing length up to 7mm. Wing with extensive reticulated markings with brown and golden-yellow colours as well as black, and a distinctive large, rounded and irregularly shaped clear area in the centre of the wing. Two pairs of frontal setae. On Senecio species.
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Grassland with Ragwort
Scattered in England. Notable
Occasional. (7 records: pers. comm., R. Morris)
White, I.M. (1988). Tephritid flies. RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects.
Morris, R (2021). The Status of Diptera in VC55: Tephritidae (LESOPS 39). Leicestershire Entomological Society
sue
Albert Village lake, path from car-park
07 August 2023
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- First record:
- 07/08/2023 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 16/08/2023 (Timms, Sue)
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