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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

I don't know in what family I have to do a search to find its Id.

Picture is taken in a local Nature Reserve on the 2nd of October

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

I'm not absolutely certain, but I think Tachinidae, the feet and hairs look right.

http://64.191.19.182/photogallery.php?album_id=51

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

It resembles the Genus Gastrolepta but I haven't found one with the white marks on the thorax,

http://tachinidae.org.uk/site/photos.php?&pagenumber=8

http://64.191.19.182/photogallery.php?album_id=51&rowstart=90

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

Thank you, I feel you're right about the family, didn't find an exact match though in the Diptera site.. so I'll continue my search.

Oh, I was on the diptera-site while you were posting, so I'll check your other links


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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

I googled for more pictures, other than in the Diptera site, but only came up with Gastrolepta anthracina, looks very similar in body shape but not the white markings..It was the only specie mentioned on a Belgian inventory site (sadly without pictures)
I have more pictures but these are a bit blurry..

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

from this angle it looks like it has a smiley with big eyes on its thorax, lol!

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

On this one we have a better idea of its abdomen..

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

That's the only one I could find too, there are a lot of flies which haven't as yet been documentes with pics. It could easily be another genus, maybe this one is for the diptera specialists, and with such distinctive marks it shouldn't be too difficult for them.

It does look like a smiley, lol!

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 06, 2008

Thanks a lot! I'll try (!!!) to post it on the Diptera site.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Oct 07, 2008

I managed to post it on the Diptera site and it got identified as being the male of Limnophora tigrina, Muscidae family.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 07, 2008

Lol, see how easy it is to be wrong with flies!

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