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Unknown Tachnid (?) in Portugal
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 Size of a house fly, found near the sea. Looks like a Tachinid but I suppose it could be a Calliphorid.

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 Musca sp??
 
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 Definitely a tachinid ... I always get these ones confused but it'll be something like Clairvillia or Besseria Smile
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 I would say, a male Clairvillia biguttata Smile
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