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 I believe this is a Metopia..

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 Looks more like a Tachinidae to me, possibly Blepharomyia ??

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 Thank you Theo! I definitley have to take another look then, Ill check in the evening today Smile
 
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 So I took another look at this, and I am not sure. I feel like it does not have much of a postscutellum like other tachinids I have seen.
Anyways tried to key it with the Tachinidae key of central Europe, without much luck too.
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 I can't see the head clearly. In Metopia the anterior reclinate orbital is between the two proclinate orbitals (instead of behind both). Check for that.
 
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 Thank you, John! If I got the bristles correct, that seems to be the case
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