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Vince
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Posted on 08-07-2008 21:35
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Hello,

I found several of those big flies in the center of France, at the end of June :

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Can you please help me to identify it ? It might be an Asilid, but im not sure because it was feeding with nectar on flowers...
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Stephane Lebrun
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I'd say Coenomyia ferruginea, Xylophagidae or Coenomyiidae.
Stephane.
 
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Thanks Stephane Smile
 
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