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Attractive 1cm long fly with green abdomen
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Posted on 14-07-2011 20:12
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 Can this attractive 1cm long fly which landed on my arm today in Nottinghamshire be identified please?

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 Probably Chironomini. I have seen a few with clightly clubbed abdomen. I don't know if it's a species character or egg mass (this is a female) or something else.
 
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