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Id if this fly please!
rob1619
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Posted on 03-11-2008 20:05
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Took this pic today in my garden and would like to have the ID please.
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To me it looks like a callaphorid but it's like nothing I have ever seen - nice photo Smile
 
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Hello!

I one of my books is a picture of the Calliphorid Rhyncomya speciosa, which looks quite similar. It occurs in the southern mediterranian region, in the east to Syria.
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Jürgen

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Many thanks guys.
Here is another shot of the same fly.
Have more pics if it's needed.
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