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Nostima picta ? (Ephydridae)
Renko
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 Hello,

A Ephydridae found in a garden, the september 30 2014, in France, Oxelaëre,
Maybe Nostima picta ?

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 It is! - the little fly with go-faster stripes!
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 Thanks you, Tony !
 
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 In North America we have several additional species with more or less visible racing stripes, in addition to the holarctic picta.
 
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