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Menhit
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Posted on 09-01-2013 22:04
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 Hi Smile

During a walk in Bologna (northen Italy), I've encountered this fly. To my eyes, it looks very similar to both Pirellia vivida and Neomyia cornicina; but which one is it? Thanks!
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 I think it is Lucilia spec.
Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek
 
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 Metallic Muscidae usually have fewer acrostichal bristles than the three pairs on this fly.
 
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 Thank you both for the identification and clarification of metallic muscidae.
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