Muscid fly / Orange-bellied bristleshin (Phaonia subventa) whose larvae predate fungus fly grubs, on Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), Gloucs, UK.

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Muscid fly / Orange-bellied bristleshin (Phaonia subventa) whose larvae feed on other fly grubs in rotting fungi, standing on Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) mushrooms in deciduous woodland, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

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Size: 5568px × 3712px
Location: Gloucestershire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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