Flies are difficult 😱

A rather dark & gloomy early afternoon, with few beasties out in the garden.

This small fly was an exception, calmly pottering around on a leaf while I got close with my lens.

Photographing it was one thing; identifying it is another. Possibly in genus Leucophora, but they're notoriously hard to differentiate.

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@markmccaughrean the yellow halteres look curious. So detailed it has me roaming around in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology_of_Diptera
Morphology of Diptera - Wikipedia

@markmccaughrean ...and also reminding me of the "flies eyelashes" from an image of yours a few days ago -- every image I've scrutinised since seem to only have them around the edge, so I don't think it was just a "depth of field thing".