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Micropezidae. ->Calobata petronella
Pentti Ketola
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 Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this fly?
I take the photo on 23 June 2010 Kokkola, Finland.

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 Micropezidae...Maybe female Calobata petronella with those brown marks on the "shoulders" or whatever they call that bit of the thorax..Frown
 
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 Thanks nevertheless!

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 Definitely Calobata petronella.
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