ID this fly. Please!

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  1. Dave W

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    Can anyone identify this fly. At first I thought it was a hover fly but now after browsing umpteen photos of the 250 species I've my doubts.
    The fly is about hover fly size.

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    Pollenia Rudis perhaps?

    Also known as a cluster fly
     
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      I can positively identify it as........ ONE UGLY BOOGER!
       
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        Possibly A Snipe Fly......:blue thumb:
         
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        I'll second that Catztail it looks evil!
         
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        Well, if you look he/she is doing a good job as he/she is covered in pollen just as Nature intended for fertilising other plants.:snork:
         
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          It's those HAIRS that make it look so gross! Just........eeeeewwwwww!!!
           
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            Just needs some hair gel that's all.:roflol:
             
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              Some tweezers..........
               
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              Many thanks to Lolimac and Gretzky for the suggestions.
              Looks like it's a Pollenia rudis or loft fly.
               
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