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Female Tachinid from the hedgerow on the Seine
walwyn
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Posted on 16-10-2022 08:49
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 Photographed in Bonneires-sur-Seine on the 17th of September 2022.

Any help appreciated.
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 It's a Tachinida - and from what I see it may be a Lydella grisescens.
(if you add "Tachinidae?" to your thread's title you will surely attract an expert.
Greetings, Eric
 
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 Thanks Eric I’ll do that
 
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 Yes, it might be a Lydella, though I do not see the erect apical bristles

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