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 Common in my garden now. Rather small, velvet black with wings sometimes glimmering in rainbow colours (interference).
 
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 Why does not the picture shows? I try again.
 
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 Found my mistake. Sorry. I try again.
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 with wings sometimes glimmering in rainbow colours
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 cute little fly with big eyes
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 Phasia pusilla,

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http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=9201
Edited by mwkozlowski on 09-08-2008 11:47
very general entomologist
 
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 Thankyou very much mwkozlowski!
 
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 It is Phasia barbifrons actually, you can see the doubled rows of hairs on the parafrontalia.
Moreover, barbifrons is nowadays very common here in The Netherlands, wereas pusilla is restricted in occurence.
Second generation barbifrons, top now, it most common.

Theo
 
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 And thanks to Zeegers!
 
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