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Merodon equestris var equestris
(Greater Bulb-fly)

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Merodon equestris var equestris (Fabricius) (Greater Bulb-fly)

Date:	28 May 2005
Location:	Berks, England
Record Summary:	Visiting Cat's Ear in garden
Associated organism:	visitng live capitulum of Hypochaeris radicata

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naked eye photograph

Visiting Cat's Ear - side view - enlarged

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