Xyphosia miliaria
This seems to be a common Tephritid fly, found virtually anywhere in the vicinity of Thistles. We have found it to be common around most of the sites we visit within the Sherwood Forest NNR and elsewhere locally.
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UK distribution of Xyphosia miliaria
 

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Updated September 2011

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