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family for ID => Chrysopilus asiliformis?
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 Is it possible to identify the family/genus of this fly by such foto? Ukraine, July, in garden
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 Rhagionidae and maybe Chrysophilus asiliformis
 
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Roger Thomason wrote:
Rhagionidae and maybe Chrysophilus asiliformis


Thank you
 
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 Chrysophilus or Chrysopilus ?
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evdb wrote:
Chrysophilus or Chrysopilus ?


Chrysopilus, meaning golden hair. This is a female. There was a popular song of the 1970s called "Sister Golden Hair".
 
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 But I doubt Macquart was aware of that ... Smile

it is originally a fairytale

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