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Cor Zonneveld
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Posted on 26-04-2007 19:06
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 Hi all,

Yesterday I saw this robberfly in the Netherlands. Can it be identified?
Size: medium sized, about 10 - 12 mm I guess. Landscape: dry heath with open sandy spaces.

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Cor
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Danny Wolff
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 Hello Cor,

this is a male of Dysmachus trigonus.

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Cor Zonneveld
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 Thanks! Having gotten the name, I can see the description fits well....

Is this the female, then? (I'm new in flies, so totally unexperienced)
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 Two for the gallery Cool
 
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 Sure, in return for the determination!
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 Yes, the second image is a female D. trigonus!

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