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Rhamphomyia subcinerascens
An early Spring species. Identification is difficult but the identifying features are a dark cloud on the anal lobe of the female wings, whilst the males have long tarsal hairs.
It differs from R. sulcatella in that the front and hind tibia are distinctly bristly.
Peak time is April and May
Widespread and fairly frequent in England, few records from elsewhere in Britain
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Empididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 23/04/2010 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 21/04/2021 (Nicholls, David)
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