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Pachygaster leachii
A soldier fly with a small, black, rounded abdomen, clear wings, femora mainly yellow and bases of the antennae are orange.
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Well wooded areas with Oak and Elm.
Summer.
Fairly frequent in southern Britain as far north as the Humber.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Yellow-legged Black
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Stratiomyidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 14/07/2010 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 11/07/2020 (Gould, David)
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