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Big Muscidae? ->Mesembrina meridiana
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 Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this Tachinidae?
I take the photo on 25 August 2010 Vaasa, Finland.

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 Ah.... Muscidae (yes, despite the bend !)


Mesembrina spec. Stephane canhelp


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 Mesembrina meridiana, a female.
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 Many thanks Stephane!

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