Tachinidae (family)

Unidentified Bristle fly at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Tachinidae (family) 12 Jan 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Tachinidae (family) 29 Dec 2022 SimoneC

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Lots of these were roosting on the long grass in the evening. I couldn’t find a good match, particularly to the markings on the thorax, but assume because of the bristles that it is a Tachinidae. Maybe Prosena?

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   30 Dec 2022
Or a Zelia species

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