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Slender orange fly, unknown family (16.09.17) --> Clusia flava (Clusiidae)
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

I found this 5 mm fly on low vegetation near a small creek yesterday (northwest Germany). I shortly thought of Sciomyzidae, but I really don't know. Frown
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John Carr wrote:
Clusiidae


Thanks a lot, John! That family did not come into my mind.

[Edit:] Maybe Clusia flava?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 17-09-2017 23:12
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Juergen Peters wrote:
[Edit:] Maybe Clusia flava?
Correct
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Juergen Peters wrote:
[Edit:] Maybe Clusia flava?
Correct

Thanks again!
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