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Please can someone help me identify this species of fly?

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orengi
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Please can someone help me identify this species of fly? Apr 23, 2020 1:49:21 GMT -8

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Post by orengi on Apr 23, 2020 1:49:21 GMT -8

So, i was out in the garden this morning (I live in the UK if that helps) and i noticed this strange, but interesting looking fly. It's body looks like it belongs to a hover fly, but the head looks like a common house fly. Here's a picture:

If anyone knows what it is please tell me, thanks

Last Edit: Apr 23, 2020 3:09:35 GMT -8 by Adam Cotton

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Please can someone help me identify this species of fly? Apr 23, 2020 3:08:23 GMT -8 orengi likes this

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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 23, 2020 3:08:23 GMT -8

That is a superb photo. I am sure that there will be someone here who can tell you what it is, or at least a close relative.

I know very little about Diptera, especially in the UK, but it looks as though it could belong to family Tachinidae judging purely on the thick spines on the lower abdomen (I may be wrong

so let's see what other replies come in). Tachinids are parasitic on other insects, including Lepidoptera.

Adam.