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Robberflies are not my specialty. Could it be Machimus cingulatus (Tolmerus cingulatus)?

Size: 2-3 cm in length.

Habitat: Lush clearing in a beech forest interspersed with meadows, ponds and wetlands. Considerable grazing by red deer and fallow deer. Lots of fallen, decaying tree trunks and the fly is sitting on one of those.

Place: J?gersborg Dyrehave, northeastern Zealand, Denmark.

Date: September 8, 2006