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Hebecnema nigra
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Posted on 04-02-2024 11:28
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This fly was sitting on my garagedoor 3rd Februari 2024. Temperature +6C. Location just outside Stockholm Sweden.
The fly was more or less black without that much of contrast so the images are not of a great quality
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Wing about 4 mm
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above - a bit "over exposure" in reality it looks black
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Muscidae
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00
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Many thanks John for pointing me in the right direction - Muscidae.

After looking at a British key I believe that it could be an Azeliinae but not sure about that.
I will publish a few additional photos that possibly might clarify that?
 
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Crossed bristles
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inner posterior
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legs
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The specimen has been checked by an expert and it is a female of Hebecnema nigra
 
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