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Hello, I found this fly yesterday and as I could not find it in my insect book, I searched the Internet and finally found this beautiful website.

The fly was trapped in a house near a wood, here in Wuppertal, Germany. It was about 250mm long. The reason why I found it so remarkable was it's red abdomen.

This specimen was not shy at all. I took it home, placed it in a glass cage usually used for spiders and made photos through the glass.

Then I removed the front glass, risking that it flew away. To my astonishment, it remained on the stone inside the cage. So I made some more photos.

The fly didn't even escape when I poked my fingers inside the cage to turn the stone so that it showed a more photogenic side.

Finally I went outside, removed the stone with the fly from the cage and placed it on the floor. Still it didn't not fly away. Instead it slowly walked away into a dark corner of the garden.

Can anyone tell me what kind of fly that was ? Thanks a lot for your help !!