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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 24, 2007

I found an image of Pegomya bicolor on the diptera.info site which looks like mine but the back of it is blurred. I have found a couple of other flies with orange backs, but the thorax on this one matches well where the others don't. The leg colour also matches.

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?album_id=2

I found it's larvae are leaf miners, this fly I have seen twice and it runs around constantly on leaves, the second time when I got some reasonable pics it was on a strawberry leaf. Good larvae food?

The family Anthomyiidae we don't have.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 24, 2007

I compared the wing veins on the pic of the male with mine, it's female, they match spot on. That's usually a good ID indicator if they match.

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=1576

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 24, 2007

Janet, that looks good, and good to get another family represented in BugFiles.

I haver created an entry for your Pegomya bicolor here:

Ken

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 25, 2007

Thanks Ken, I found it, images uploaded!

http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/4826/

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