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Tachinidae ID => Exorista rustica group
tristram
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Posted on 05-03-2012 13:52
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Photos taken in Reading, UK on 2010-08-01.
Any ideas of genus or species?
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Exorista rustica group ... so most likely to be rustica but as an outside chance it could be tubulosa but they are rare. I doubt that it is mimula because that is usually smaller and greyer Smile
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Thanks again Chris!
 
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