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Hello,

This 2-3 mm fly I saw last week near Heerlen and (if it is a chloropid indeed) for once not on a meadow but in the forest.

Ben

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Elachiptera tuberculifera (Chloropidae).

This species is easy to identify: thick arista, pollinose back and scutellar setae on long tubercles. The last character isn't very well visible in the pic but I think it's there. E. tuberculifera is very common during the colder months of the year (in N Europe). It is also present during the summer but perhaps in lower numbers and as there are so many other small flies on the wing, it is not as readily found.

Cheers,
Kahis

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Thank you very much Kahis.

For me a picture gets an extra value when I know something about the animal I photographed.

Ben