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Fly seeks Family or further...Hilara canescens. PB.
Roger Thomason
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Anyone able to enlighten me with regard to which family this fly belongs? Found in Cults, Aberdeen 23/09/22.

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Empididae, Hilara
 
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Hilara canescens, female
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Thanks John for providing the genus, not what I expected! And thank you Paul for the species name, even more unexpected to get that!

Now if either of you [or anyone else] could possibly run your eyes over this old thread and come up with a similar result, that would be great!!

https://diptera.i..._id=108328

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