Photography: Sicus ferrugineus, a thick-faced fly

Sicus ferrugineus

Happy Valley, Croydon, June 2015

Sicus ferrugineus is a thick-faced fly that I found here feeding on a common spotted orchid in a meadow. Its young are parasitic, it lays its eggs on bees.

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