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fir0002
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Posted on 24-01-2009 13:00
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Hi
I was hoping someone could identify the following fly. It was taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia in November 2007. Specimen is approx 18mm in size

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Have you got any other angles? Looks like family Tachinidae but I can't go any further - not familiar at all with your fauna.
 
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Magnificent fly but I can't really say for sure whether it is a tachinid or not - I just think it might be. Would be good to see it from the rear a little to look for a subscutellum but that's probably too much to ask Wink
 
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