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Tachinidae > Lydina aenea [TZ]
Stephen R
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Posted on 07-01-2010 17:47
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I found this among my photos from Northumberland at the end of July. Is it a tachinid?

EDIT: Not Northumberland but Arncliffe, N Yorkshire,
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Correct

Lydina aenea


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Ah, thank you very much Theo!
 
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Very nice - not a common fly here Smile
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Rather wasted on me then Grin All tachinids are new to me this year! I'll sort some pics for the Gallery soon to go with Jari's pinned specimen.

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Well, we have had a few records sent in for 2009, which seems a bit more than usual ... but then again we had a few more nice species in 2009 so it was probably a good year all round Smile
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