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The usual Phorocera obscura (Tachinidae)? 24.04.26 --> Meigenia sp. (m)
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an ~8 mm fly in our garden (northwest Germany). Sorry, no better pictures.
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 Nope, male Meigenia. Genitalia needed.


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Nope, male Meigenia. Genitalia needed.

Thank you for the correction, Theo!
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