Black fly with red spots

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Redfox
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Does any one know what fly is about 1.5 cm long and is black with red spots on the wings. Saw one on my water butt the other day, took photo but didn't turn out :roll:
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alan refail
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Fly or moth? One of the burnet moths?

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Redfox
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yep, that looks like the one i saw. :)
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