Tephritis formosa
The often colourful Tephritid Flies are yet another severely under-recorded aspect of Nottinghamshire natural history. Although often noticed by ourselves, we have not done any work or made any identification attempts on these flies until early September 2010, when we specifically began to make the effort. Tephritis formosa is found around Sow Thistles, where this one was photographed at Wellow Park in May 2011.
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UK distribution of Tephritis formosa
 

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