5-9mm. This is a distinctive anthomyiid (one of the few!) with an orange abdomen and a grey thorax. It has long plumose aristae and a yellow tip/rim to the scutellum. The legs are mainly orange.

• 5-9mm
• orange abdomen
• grey thorax
• long plumose aristae
• orange legs
• scutellum with a yellow rim

Good images of both the top of the fly and the side needed.

Damp woodland in Autumn. Found around fungi.

Autumn.

Reasonably common.

Uncommon (or under-recorded).