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Soldier Fly fromLa Mancha, Spain for ID.
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Posted on 06-06-2024 18:10
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 I saw this Soldier Fly in La Mancha , Spain in May 2024 .Can anyone help with an ID please? The nearest i can find is --Odontomyia annulata .
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 A different angle of the same individual .
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 I think it should be Odontomyia ornata
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 Thank you Paul .
It was quite brightly marked Yellow a Black with a striped Thorax , not really like the images of O. ornata that i have seen .Perhaps it is a variable species .
 
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 Annulata is my first thought as well, but pictures are too small for me to be sure.

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 I have tried to put in a cropped image ,but it keeps appearing as the original I will keep trying , hopefully it will be easier to ID..At last.
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 It should be female annulata, but I cannot establish the crucial features....


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 Many thanks Theo
 
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