Dr Erica McAlister · @flygirlNHM
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For here is a lovely specimen.

Identifying material collected during an field expedition to from summer last year & found this male Stomorhina lunata - the locust fly. The first one added to the British collection at the since 1947!

Highly mobile & migratory species whose larvae abroad eat locust eggs but we are not sure what’s happening in the UK. The Adults just like the pretty flowers though 🤓 @NHM_London

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