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Sarcophagidae? Brachychaeta strigata (Tachninidae)
Jann Wuebbenhorst
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 I caught this one today (29th Mar 2025) in an abandoned sandpit in Lüneburg (Lower Saxony, Germany). The size is about 5-6 mm.
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 Brachychaeta strigata, one of the earlier Tachi's


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 Thank you very much, Theo and John!
Nice to see that ID on species level is possible Smile

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