Muscidae (family)

Unidentified muscid fly at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Muscidae (family) 27 Jul 2020 jgl
Muscidae (family) 27 Jul 2020 jgl
Lauxaniidae (family) 26 Jul 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 26 Jul 2020 TimL

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2 comments

GregD wrote:
   26 Jul 2020
This is most-likely a muscid or perhaps a tachinid.
jgl wrote:
   27 Jul 2020
Australian tachinids always have the bend in M; M never runs straight to the wing margin, and is never deflected away from R4+5

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