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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 11 years ago

I finally identified this fly

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Just added to Flies! mission

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

root maggot fly?

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

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

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain

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

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