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Empididae? another unknown fly, Northern Germany > Empis trigramma
Lennart Bendixen
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Posted on 22-12-2014 08:43
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Hi,
can someone identify this fly's family (or even more)? Is it, eventually, Empidae?
Found on a meadow near a deciduous forest in Mohrkirch, Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. 2013-05-30, 20h.
Thanks a lot!

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Lennart
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John Carr
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Empis (Xanthempis)
 
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Lennart Bendixen
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Thank you!
 
Juergen Peters
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Maybe Empis trigramma?
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Thanks for your idea, Jürgen! Looks quite similar indeed.
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Paul Beuk
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Yes, it is trigramma.
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Thanks for verifying, Paul!
Greetings,
Lennart
 
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