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Hoverfly: Sericomyia silentis

by Claire Ogden on 24 June 2010 with No Comments

Sericomyia silentis

Latin name: Sericomyia silentis
Family: Syrphidae
Flies: May to November
Date: 18 August
Location: garden, Marsland valley, Cornwall

Related pages: Hoverfly posts | British hoverflies gallery

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