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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 12, 2007

I noticed this fly on an apple tree in my brother's garden. It didn't look familiar to me because of the reddish marks on the upper parts of its wings

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 12, 2007

another one;

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

Could be this one, Mesembrina meridiana in Family Muscidae.

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=102

http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?album_id=29&rowstart=30

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?query=Mesembrina%20meridiana&invocationType=imageTab

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

I'm sure that's the one, Wallaby!
Thank you so much! I'll add it to the BF.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 13, 2007

I think so too bonitin, with some flies it depends on how many hairs they have on a shin or whatever, this looks to be unique.

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