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Is it Tachinid fly?
lema
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Posted on 09-07-2009 08:00
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size: ~7-8 mm
Date: 21. June 2009
Location: Istria, garden, parsley

Is it possible to be Elomya sp ??

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photo 2
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Mistake, here is new photo
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Leucostoma sp. or something near.
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Good call, yes this looks like a Leucostoma, with those large white calypters - nice sighting - I have never caught one here in England Smile
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Thanks Jorge & Chris

This is Leucostoma too I thinkSmile
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Yes, the last one is a female (with "pincers" at the end of the abdomen) but it is hard to say more Smile
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