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Siphona with short "beak"- Actia lamia.
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Found on an island in southern Norway on 3 June. ]
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Actia lamia (Siphonini with tip of vein M missing)
 
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Yes, that probably explains the short beak visible in picture no. 2. Thank you very much, John.

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