Phaonia pallida
Description
Length about 7 mm. An orange fly with a very hairy thorax.
Similar Species
Thricops diaphanus is a very similar orange muscid. Females can be separated by the frontal vitta (area between eyes) which is orange in P. pallida but dark in T. diaphanus. Males will generally need microscopic examination unless they have the darkened front to the thorax which is a feature of some, but not all, male P. pallida.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Often seen in woodland.
When to see it
May to September.
Life History
Larvae are associated with fungi and rotten wood.
UK Status
Fairly common and widespread in England and Wales.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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