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PeterD
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Posted on 09-09-2010 21:00
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 Could anyone please give an ID for this fly? I have never seen one before.

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Jeroen K
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 To my unexperienced eye, it looks like Tachina fera/magnicornis. Tachinidae anyway.
 
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 Tachina fera ... we don't have magnicornis in the UK (yet) and the fore tarsi in this photo are orange Smile
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 Thank you Jeroen and ChrisWink
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