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Cinochira atra on grass > ID by J. M. Almeida
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Posted on 04-08-2009 23:30
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This little cute fly was quite camera shy. I only got this one photo. Any idea what it can be?

Size: ~2-3mm
Date: 11 July 2009
Location: On grass, roadside (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Thanks!
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I DON'T BELIEVE.... Cinochira atra?!!?!? Tachinidae.
 
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they are EVERYWHERE. ShockShockShock
An "alien" invasion. Smile

I only saw it once. Sad
 
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So it is C. atra. I thought it looked quite like it, but then ruled it out because I didn't think it would be here to.
Interestingly (or not) there is a ravine (a former clay quarry) close by with a body of water in it.

Thanks for the ID Jorge Smile
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I got 2 this weak in the malaisetrap.
Very dry forest.
So forest is common divider, here, it doesn't need to be wet.
By the way, for a fly that is so often missed or misidentified, it is really very very easy to recognize it.
That is, once you know it !


Thanks


Theo
 
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Sad I wish I could catch one ... they are super-rare here
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
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