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πŸͺ° Flies

European Thick-headed Fly

Myopa buccata

About

A small reddish-brown conopid fly with a distinctively swollen face and downward-curving proboscis. It is commonly found basking on sunny tree trunks and fences in spring.

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Did You Know?

It times its emergence with the spring flight period of its Andrena bee hosts, waiting on sunny surfaces to ambush them.