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Diptera.info :: Attractive 1cm long fly with green abdomen
Posted by
richard
on 14-07-2011 19:12
#1
Can this attractive 1cm long fly which landed on my arm today in Nottinghamshire be identified please?
Thank you
Edited by
richard
on 14-07-2011 19:16
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 14-07-2011 19:47
#2
Chironomidae
Posted by
John Carr
on 15-07-2011 00:45
#3
Probably Chironomini. I have seen a few with clightly clubbed abdomen. I don't know if it's a species character or egg mass (this is a female) or something else.