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Big Calliphoridae ?
Pentti Ketola
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Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this Tachinidae?
I take the photo on 13.9.2010 Vaasa, Finland.

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It looks like Calliphora - but that's my impulsive reaction. Grin
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Yes, it looked a bit dexiine from the first photo but the last photo shows the pre-sutural bristle being higher than the post-humeral, which is a calliphorid character Smile
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Thanks for the reply.

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Calliphora of the white-calyptrated subgroup (genarum and others): interesting find. All are boreomontaneous species.

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Ok, thanks.

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