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could you ID this huge fly, please!
Fernando
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Posted on 17-05-2006 19:43
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saw this huge fly today, first time ever, flying around an olive tree, could anybody ID it, please.
thank you for your help!

the size was around 5-9mm, maybe larger, thick, with a huge wing span

the picture was taken at dusk on a wind day, on the 17th of abril.
I first heard the fly, turned my head and saw her sucking nectar on a daisy, ended up flying to a olive tree.
the place is in Albufeira in Portugal.
Fernando attached the following image:


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Gerard Pennards
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Posted on 17-05-2006 20:52
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Hello Fernando, welcome to the site!
Your fly is a Pangonius sp. from the family Tabanidae. I can't tell which species it is, but maybe there are other people who can tell you what species it is!
Greetings, Gerard
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
 
Robert Nash
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Ceud m?le f?ilte Irish for - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes and Hello from me too. A very nice photo of an amazing fly. But could you add the data please (place and date). I'd love to know where that sunny olive tree was. It is still cold in Ireland Brrrrr Robert
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Zeegers
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It is a Pangonius, as stated by Gerard.
To tell the species, we would need to see the wings.
It is somewhere in the granatensis / ferrugineus group

If you collect these specimens, I can help you out.


Theo Zeegers
 
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