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Limnophora obsignata

Limnophora obsignata

Description:

Limnophora is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. The flies are characterized by silver bands across their thorax.

Habitat:

I found it by a little brook close to the beach


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4 Comments

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

I finally identified this fly

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

Just added to Flies! mission

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

root maggot fly?

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

Anthomia pluvialis is very similar but the black stripes are cut in two or three

Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain

Lat: 43.55, Long: -6.99

Spotted on Aug 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

Spotted for mission

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