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Captive breeding one of UK's rarest insects

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A Scottish captive breeding programme aims to boost numbers of one of the UK's rarest insects.

The pine hoverfly Blera fallax is currently known to only inhabit one forest site in the Cairngorms National Park.

Conservationists estimate there are fewer than 50 flies at the location.

The Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore, is raising hoverflies in old jam jars and hummus pots. The first adult flies have just hatched.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48348966

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