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ID, Muscidae?
Juergen G
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Posted on 04-04-2022 12:27
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Is this a Muscidae and can it be identified from the photos?
Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, garden in Krefeld-Uerdingen, size approx. 6 mm
Date: 29.03.2022
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The second image of the same.
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Probably Leucophora in Anthomyiidae. A few species fly at the beginning of spring to parasitize the first bees of spring.
 
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