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Metopia (22.04.22) --> M. argyrocephala complex
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

sorry, I have no better picture. An 8 mm fly at an Andrena nesting aggregation on meadow near forest (northwest Germany). Is it possible to tell the species?
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Yes Metopia and no I. an’t do better. Well, it is in the argyrocephala-complex, you’d already figured that out yourself Smile

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Zeegers wrote:
Yes Metopia and no I. an’t do better. Well, it is in the argyrocephala-complex, you’d already figured that out yourself Smile

Thank you, Theo! Yes, I suspected that it wouldn't be possible to go further with this photo.
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