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Volkmar
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Posted on 17-05-2025 21:00
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 Please help to identify.

Data: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-59519 Büecke, 17.5.2025.

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 Looks like a female Billaea triangulafera (Tachinidae).
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 Thank you Eric, it doesn't seem to be that easy. I noticed the black triangles on the abdomen.
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 And indeed it's not that easy: there are several flies (some Sarcophagidae and more) with triangles on the abdomen. That's why I cautiously said 'it looks like...' without a dorsal view.
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
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 Hi Eric,

maybe the photos will help; I was able to take a photo of the lady from above and from behind.
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 And from behind.
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 I think Musca
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 agreed
 
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