Mottled Bee-fly, Thyridanthrax fenestratus, on dry sandy heathland, Purbeck, Dorset. Its larvae parasitise the digger wasp, Ammophila pubescens. UK BA

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Mottled Bee-fly, Thyridanthrax fenestratus, on dry sandy heathland, Purbeck, Dorset. Its larvae parasitise the digger wasp, Ammophila pubescens. UK BAP priority species.

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