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Villa sp.
Mineha
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Hello,

Please could anyone help me to id this?
Location : South of France (Alpes maritimes)
Size : 15 ? 16 mm

Thank you Smile
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Villa close to hottentotta
 
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...but (in my opinion) definitely not hottentotta itself.
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it also looks like a Villa agrippina. What do you think about this?
 
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Mineha wrote:
it also looks like a Villa agrippina. What do you think about this?


knowledge of beeflies is poor but i think we know enough to conclude that a Mexican/USA species is very unlikly to occur in EuropeWink
 
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